I think most of us know by now that men and women in Australia do not get paid the same salary for doing the same job (if you need any proof just click here). Take the industry I worked in: financial services. Women in financial services earn just 60 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. […]
Tag Archive | "Employers"
Tip for employers: why putting your head in the sand about gender pay equity just won’t help & how changing your UGRs just might
Posted on 08 June 2010.
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Does having more women on an exec create better results? A readers thoughts
Posted on 05 June 2010.
Recently, I received an email from one of many women who attended a May Ascend development day, called Alison. In her thank you email was an interesting observation about her Tasmanian owned and operated private health cover. Alison had noticed that the MD of her health cover fund was a woman, Colleen McGann. And that […]
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Blowing the whistle on dragon lady bosses: why men prefer male managers and women do too
Posted on 01 June 2010.
New research from the Tuck School of Business has shown that 90% of female MBA students prefer a male boss. A 2009 survey of 2,000 British working women revealed 63% would prefer a male over a female boss. And a 2008 survey from the University of Toronto highlighted that women working under a sole female supervisor reported more […]
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Token Women and Diversity Auditing
Posted on 27 May 2010.
Has diversity auditing or departments ever made you feel like a token woman? Or a happy almost-accidental addition to their female executive total? The Diversity and Flexibility Newsletter reported on a new approach to diversity auditing where people are allowed to self-categorise the groups into which they believe they fit which has been found to […]
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The threat of stereotypes in organisations – new US findings
Posted on 26 May 2010.
Have you ever felt that being a woman has impacted your evaluations? That feeling of being evaluated or treated as a woman or female employee rather then just an employee is linked to stereotype threat and a new US study reported by the Diversity and Flexibility newsletter has found that stereotyping can cause workers disengagement, self handicapping, […]
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Exciting new program, BIG step forward
Posted on 11 May 2010.
In November the Australian Institute of Company Directors announced that board diversity was an issue, so what are they doing about the fixing this issue? The Institute has launched is new initiative designed to achieve greater representation of women on boards.Mr Colvin said that the Australian Institute of Company Directors strongly advocated diversity on boards and […]
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