CEO Barbie: Perception of Women in Leadership Differs from the Reality

By Michael Nam


Research shows most men and women see little difference in the leadership capabilities of women while acknowledging greater obstacles for women achieving those roles, but the number of women in CEO posts for top corporations remains woefully low.

The Pew Research Center found that people saw little difference inleadership traits between men and womenwith the majority stating that the two genders were equal in terms of innovation, intelligence, ambition and decisiveness. Some differences in perception were found in qualities such as compassion, honesty and risk-taking, but often favoring women.

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