首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Last month Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, published "Lean In", a controversial declaration on why women h
Last month Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, published "Lean In", a controversial declaration on why women h
admin
2022-11-25
30
问题
Last month Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, published "Lean In", a controversial declaration on why women have not ascended to the most senior positions at companies. She concludes that it is partly women’s own fault: they do not "lean in" and ask for promotions, pipe up at meetings and insist on taking a seat at the table.
Some of it is down to simple miscommunication. Barbara Annis and John Gray argue in "Work With Me" that men and women are biologically wired to think and react differently to situations, and have "gender blind spots" when it comes to understanding their co-workers’ behaviour. Ms Annis, who leads workshops on gender for big companies and governments, and Mr Gray, author of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", a bestselling book in 1992 about relationship problems, have collaborated to produce an easy-to-read guide to workplace communications. Women ask more questions, gather more people’s opinions and seek collaboration with co-workers more frequently than men. Men view these preferences as signs of weakness, and women, in turn, grow annoyed by how competitively men work, and how quickly and subjectively they arrive at conclusions.
If both female and male employees became more "gender intelligent" about how their work and behavioural preferences are hard-wired, it would contribute to a more harmonious workforce. Women have been choosing to leave companies at twice the rate of men, and more than half the women whom the authors met in workshops were considering leaving their firms. Women often tell their bosses that they are quitting for personal reasons, but the majority actually leave because they feel excluded from teams and not valued for their contributions.
Communication and gender equality are not just problems at large firms. In "A Rising Tide" Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb look beyond women’s experience at big companies. They focus instead on women entrepreneurs, who have the potential to become leaders in their field, earn a high income and hire more women. In a positive shift, women have been starting more firms in the past decade. However, these tend to be in the service and retail industries (as opposed to fast-growth industries like technology). They also remain smaller than men’s firms.
Ms Coleman and Ms Robb point out that part of this may be by design; women sometimes want to keep their businesses small in order to balance their family responsibilities. However, women also often lack the financing that male entrepreneurs enjoy. They have fewer savings, so usually launch their businesses with less capital than men, and are less likely to apply for a loan for fear of being denied.
How has the success of high-achievers differentiated them from other women? In "The ×× Factor", Alison Wolf, the director of public policy and management at Kings College London, argues that there are now around 70 million highly educated, high-earning women around the world. They have more in common with elite men than with other women. These elite women tend to marry more often and have fewer children than less-educated women. They spend more time working, and, unexpectedly, more time parenting. Ms Sandberg also makes this point. As the demands on women in the workplace have increased, so too have the standards for being a good, involved mother—which adds to the challenges for women at the top.
A. explains why more and more women are earning equal income with men.
B. provides a guideline for readers to better communicate with the opposite sex in workplace.
C. draws a comparison between men’s quitting reasons and women’s.
D. finds that there are a large number of elite women who have more common with their male counterparts.
E. focuses on the gender relationship problems.
F. analyzes why women are not promoted to the highest level of companies.
G. concludes that businesswomen tend to keep their firms smaller compared with men.
"A Rising Tide"
选项
答案
G
解析
“A Rising‘Tide”一书出现在第四段。第四段介绍该书的内容。第三句说明该书关注的是women entrepreneurs“女企业主”。该段最后一句中的They指代这些女性创立的企业,指出她们的企业往往会比男性企业规模小。G项中的businesswomen与women entrepreneurs对应,keep their firms smaller则与最后一句对应,故G为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Kfi4777K
0
考研英语二
相关试题推荐
Animportantfactorofleadershipisattraction.Thisdoesnotmeanattractivenessintheordinarysense,forthatisabornqua
Becauseagricultureissoimportanttoanation’swell-being,governmentshavealwaysbeenconcernedwithit.Forexample,theU
Mobiletelecommunications______isexpectedtodoubleinShanghaithisyearasaresultofacontractsignedbetweenthetwoco
Leadingdoctorstodayweighinonthedebateoverthegovernment’sroleinpromotingpublichealthbydemandingthatministersi
Manyadultsmaythinkthey’regettingenoughshut-eye,butinamajorsleepstudyalmost80percentofrespondentsadmittedton
Thebattletopreventoratleastslowglobalwarminghasintensifiedinthepastyearasscientistshavelearnedmoreaboutthe
Technologyissupposedtomakeourliveseasier,allowingustodothingsmorequicklyandefficiently.Buttoooftenitseemst
AstudypublishedintheNewEnglandJournalofMedicineestimatedthatthereareanaverageof30in-flightmedicalemergencies
OnThursdaynight,TheNewYorkTimespublishedaninterviewwithElonMuskthatoffersaviewintothebillionaireentrepreneur
ItisfashionabletodaytobashBigBusiness.Andthereisoneissueonwhichthemanycriticsagree:CEOpay.WehearthatCEOs
随机试题
女性,23岁,未婚,不规则低热伴大、小关节疼痛1个月余,面部有较严重的蝶形红斑,怕见人,口腔内有溃疡灶,右膝、左踝关节轻度红肿,有压痛,无畸形。实验室检查:尿蛋白(+),颗粒管型(+),血细胞3.5×109/L,ANA(+),狼疮细胞(-),考虑此病人为系
肖先生,45岁,因车祸导致颈椎外伤,生活不能自理。为该病人床上洗发时,错误的护理措施是
贾某为了营利,于2008年3月在沿国道的自己耕地内建设了五间楼房,来经营餐饮住宿,但楼房的建设并未获得相关部门的批准,2010年4月县土地局发现了贾某的违章建设房屋的行为;在此期间,贾某还曾多次对前来收缴税款的税务人员进行殴打,其中一次造成一名税务人员重伤
下列不属于银行业金融机构的审慎经营规则内容的是:()
可以用于转账有()。
按照增值税的有关规定,下列行为应当征收增值税的是()。
WhenIsettledinChicago,mynewcityseemedsobigandunfriendly.ThenIhada【C1】______problemandhadtogotohospitalfor
社会保障制度是()。
一项新研究显示,中国的消费升级正在延续。所谓消费升级指消费者对更能满足自己美好物质和精神生活需要的、价格更高的优质商品和服务日益增长的需求。根据上述定义,下列最能体现消费升级的是:
(2014河北76)轮船:运输
最新回复
(
0
)