Chinese women work their way to the top

By Feng Jianmin | March 7, 2014, Friday |

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MORE Chinese women are sitting on company boards and taking senior management positions than the world average, a survey showed today.
Grant Thornton International Business Report 2014 found women take up 21 percent of positions on boards in Chinese businesses, higher than the global average of 17 percent.
It made China the 9th in the world with Thailand, Philippines, and Italy comprising the top three.
China ranks first in terms of proportion of senior roles filled by women at 38 percent, higher than the global average by 14 percentage points.
The survey covered 12,500 companies in 45 countries and regions. About 300 of the surveyed companies were on China's mainland.
The report said female board members could help balance male members' usual aggressive decisions and could detect details sometimes neglected by men.
But Chinese companies still need to step up supporting measures for female employees such as flexible working conditions and unpaid leave.
“Women are asked to make as much effort as men in the workplace, yet required to do more as wife and mother at the same time,” said Xu Hua, leading partner of Grant Thornton China. “Previously, women often experienced a career bottleneck during the child-bearing period, but now more businesses realize the advantages that women can bring after they return from maternity leave.”

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Chinese women work their way to the top

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