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A mere 5% of the chief executives of the world’s biggest companies are women. And they are more likely to be dismissed than thei
A mere 5% of the chief executives of the world’s biggest companies are women. And they are more likely to be dismissed than thei
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2022-06-13
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A mere 5% of the chief executives of the world’s biggest companies are women. And they are more likely to be dismissed than their more numerous male colleagues; 38% of the female CEOs who left their jobs over the past ten years were forced to go, compared with 27% of the men. This is the latest finding from the research on the top management at the world’s 2,500 largest public companies.
A clue as to why women are more likely to be fired than men is provided by another statistic in the study; 35% of female CEOs are hired from outside the company, compared with just 22% of male ones. Outsiders generally have a higher chance of being kicked out, and generate lower returns to shareholders. Businesses that are already troubled are more likely to turn lo outsiders; and outsiders are less likely to have a support network of friends who can rally around when times get tough.
Michelle Ryan, an organizational psychologist at the University of Exeter in England, says women face nothing less than a
"glass cliff"
: they get their best shot at the top job by taking charge of a firm in trouble. In practice, outsiders of either sex face the same plight. But since women are still fairly exotic creatures in the C-suite, they attract disproportionate publicity when they hit problems. Carly Fiorina, dropped as HP’s boss in 2005, made things worse by inviting such publicity. But the same is not true of, say, Ginni Rometty, the lower-profile boss of IBM, who is under fire over the firm’s performance.
The new research is not entirely pessimistic. Over the past ten years the balance of incoming versus outgoing female CEOs, as a proportion of all changes of boss, has risen significantly. It is predicted that women will make up as many as a third of incoming CEOs by 2040. It appears that the demand for female bosses exceeds supply, hence firms are willing to bring them in from outside. This points to an obvious solution; companies should work harder on creating a pipeline of female future CEOs. This would reduce both the pressure to raid rival firms and the chances of women failing when they at last reach the top.
The most appropriate title for the text is________.
选项
A、Outsiders: Hard to Live
B、CEO: Tough Job, Low Salary !
C、Female CEO: No More Welcome
D、Female CEO: Facing A Glass Cliff
答案
D
解析
主旨题。文章首段指出:女性首席执行官人数稀少,而且容易被解雇。第二段说明女性首席执行官容易被解雇的原因。第三段指出:女性高管面临“玻璃悬崖”的困境。最后一段预计:女性首席执行官会越来越受欢迎。故本文主要话题为female CEO,即选项A、B是错误的;而C项的FIO more welcome与最后一段“越来越受欢迎”的额测不符;故D项为最佳答案。文章前三段都在描述女性首席执行官的艰难处境,最后一段相对乐观些,做出积极预测,但从总体来说facing a glass cliff“面对工作中的困难处境”符合文章主题。故本题答案为D项。
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