In the eighties the ‘pipeline’ was the hope for all the supporters of equity in the boardroom. It’s the idea that once there were enough women in the workplace, they would rise to the top. Unfortunately, this didn’t work out. In reality, the fact was that most of the women didn’t get to the top because they hadn’t been able to get a foot on the corporate ladder. A major study by US group Catalyst concluded that women lag behind men in job level and in salary, already from the beginning of their career. Women earn on average $4,600 less than men every year in their initial jobs after leaving business school. Companies have failed to build a social system that allows talented women to advance. According to SocGen, it’s no longer a question whether there is any advantage of having female directors (there is), but how to get more of them on board.
Source: article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/21/women-graduates-catalyst-pipeline
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