Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1014216 | Business Horizons | 2012 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Although women make up nearly half of the workforce in the United States, the number of women who hold senior management positions in large U.S. firms continues to be disproportionately low. This fact raises concerns about individual fairness and equality of opportunity. Herein, we demonstrate that the use of strong mentoring programs holds great promise as a way to increase the number of women in senior management roles. An extensive study supports the mentoring program recommendation, as do examples of foreign firms which far more readily employ women in executive positions than do U.S. firms.
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Authors
Terry Morehead Dworkin, Virginia Maurer, Cindy A. Schipani,