The Real Gender Gap Is in Your Network
What blocks women from equal representation in senior management? Recent research suggests that the barrier is less a glass ceiling than a moat around certain networking opportunities. Despite decades of law and corporate policy, women are still underrepresented in senior positions compared with their male colleagues. It’s not for a lack of career-development and job-search savvy among professional women, experts told Kevin Fogarty in a story for TheLadders titled “Why Men Have Stronger Professional Networks Than Women.” The real culprit is a statistical tendency for women and men to network with members of their own sex. Since men have historically been in more influential positions, male networks are often more powerful. “Women have tended to be better connected overall, but…
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