Analyzing the Role of Gender in Career Advancement

This essay delves into the complex dynamics of gender in leadership, career progression, and equity, drawing upon research and surveys to illustrate differing perspectives between men and women. It examines the perceptions of gender equality initiatives, such as quota systems, and their impact on management and career advancement. The essay highlights the contrasting views on the effectiveness of policies aimed at empowering women, with men often perceiving positive outcomes while women express skepticism. It also touches upon the shifts in international development and the challenges and opportunities for gender equality and women's rights. The essay references various studies to provide a comprehensive analysis of gender's role in the workplace and in broader societal contexts.

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Some of the researches have mentioned that we are continuously intrigued by the
statistics that shows the opposing form of reactions towards the progression in the career and the
parity in the gender. Catherine Fox who is the former corporate columnist while reviewing the
Australian Finance have found out that 72 % of the males senior executives have agreed with the
statements that the progress has been initiated for the empowerment of women in terms of their
career. However, when the same survey was done on women, it was found that 71% of the
women has disagreed to the statement (Abdullah, Karpowitz & Raphael, 2016).
In the study of the Women in Asset Management, the financial times have argued that
there are about 37 % female asset managers have agreed that the women in the management of
the funds have improved and there are about 70 % of the male asset managers who have argued
that the situations have overall improved. However, it was observed through pooling that 77%
disagreed on the quota system and 51% of the women believed that quota system will enhance
the conditions of the management.
The problem of equity occurs when men sees the several policies to have a positive
impact on the management. However, the women feel that all these policies does not lead to have
the positive outcomes on the position of the career of the women. Women were not able to see
any form of positive impact on the fields of mentoring. On the other hand, men felt that the
efforts have given them positive effects on the sense of well being (Sen & Mukherjee, 2014).
The major form of the shifts that exists in the fields of International Development have
been developed from the past 15 years and have posed for both the challenges and the
opportunities that are there for the advancements of the equality of gender and rights for women.

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The annual forum stimulates the critical form of reflection on the states of the knowledge of
gender and the dominance trends on the International platform. This phenomenon of reflection
has been intended for developing the focus of strategies on the fields of the rights for gender.

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