The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) has progressed its work to find better ways of monitoring ethnic diversity at the workplace in the EU. Being able to track numbers consistently has been seen as key enabler to drive the inclusion of ethnic minorities in employment.
A new code of conduct is being introduced by British headhunters in the wake of criticism that the lack of women on their long and shortlists has been one of the main reasons for the lack of women in management and more specifically in the boardroom. The move follows an independent review into Women on […]
Frauen entscheiden heutzutage über 20 Billionen US-Dollar der globalen Konsumausgaben; ein Wert, der in den nächsten fünf Jahren auf 28 Billionen US-Dollar steigen könnte. Weibliche Einkommen, die sich aktuell jährlich insgesamt auf 13 Billionen US-Dollar belaufen, könnten im gleichen Zeitraum auf 18 Billionen US-Dollar klettern.
Kein Wunder, dass sich der Frauenanteil in Führungspositionen kaum steigert, denn in den meisten europäischen Unternehmen gibt es trotz breit angelegter öffentlicher Debatten über das Thema keine gezielten Initiativen zur Erhöhung der Anzahl weiblicher Führungskräfte. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die Women’s Leadership Development Survey unter 450 HR-, Talent- und Diversity-Managern aus der EMEA Region.
Haben die Populisten womöglich doch Recht? Fühlen sich europäische Identitäten bedroht? Die im März 2011 veröffentlichte Studie von Wissenschaftlern der Universität Bielefeld im Auftrag der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung legt dies leider nahe.
Forscher der Ruhr-Universität Bochum haben in einer Langzeitstudie aufgedeckt, was viele schon lange vermuten – die Gründe für den geringen Anteil an Frauen in Führungspositionen sind sehr viel tiefgehender als uns die öffentliche Debatte glauben lassen will.
Women currently control about $20 trillion in global annual consumer spending, a figure which could climb to $28 trillion in the next five years. Their $13 trillion in total yearly earnings could reach $18 trillion in the same period. In aggregate, women represent a growth market bigger than China and India combined.
In ‘The Guide to Managing and Developing Young Professionals’, what Gen Y (or Millenials) want from the workplace is assessed and presented along with best practices on how to recruit, manage and develop young professionals. This survey of over 2,300 respondents helps identify the most important aspects of a job for individuals of different generational […]
The World Economic Forum has introduced a quota for female executives at the 2011 Davos summit and at least one of the five delegates sent by “strategic partners” must now be female. A WEF spokesman said, as a membership organization, there is a limited amount that they could do to improve female representation in boardrooms […]
In the recent study ‘Millennials in the Workplace: A Communication Perspective on Millennials, Organisational Relationships and Perform-ance’, Professor Karen Myers and Kamyab Sadaghiani from the University of California, Santa Barbara investigate the impact of communicated values and expectations of Gen Y. Many ‘Millennials’ have distinctive characteristics that may make interacting with them different from with […]
