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女性调查：你是企业管理层中的一员吗？ Poll: Women hold senior positions [ 2007-03-08 16:37 ] Ninety-one percent of companies on theChinese mainland have women holding senior management positions, rankingsecond in the world, after the Philippines, according to the results of asurvey released yesterday. The poll, conducted by Grant Thornton, an accounting firm based in HongKong, covered 32 economies.Hong Kong and Taiwan also rank high on the list, with 83 percent and 80percent of their firms having women in senior positions.In the Philippines, 97 percent companies have women holding seniorpositions."The findings suggest that China businesses focus on capability andperformance when appointing senior management, and not on gender," saidAlison Wong, partner of specialist advisory services at Grant Thornton.On average 65 percent of the companies in the world have women insenior management positions, the survey shows. China is ahead of manyWestern countries, including the US, Canada and Britain."Despite some people's perception about traditional gender bias inChinese society, it is positive to note that today three places across two shores achieve sucha high proportion of business with senior females," Wong said.Almost all Asian countries have more businesses with women at seniorlevels than the global average, except Japan, whose rate is only 25percent."Obviously Japan is unique in the cultural perception about women inbusiness and women's role in the family as compared with other parts ofAsia, " Wong said.The survey reflects an upward trend in the percentage of women inmanagement roles in most economies, but only the Philippines has achievedtrue parity in male/female management.双语资讯 | 
