Deck 17: The Longest War Carol Tavris and Carole Offir

Question 1

Which of the following countries has the highest percentage of female directors?

A) the United States
B) Britain
C) Norway
D) Japan

Answer 1

C

Question 2

MBA degrees, long seen as a necessary step to achieving a fast-track corporate career, are growing in popularity among women.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Why, according to The Economist, are women persistently absent from top corporate jobs?

Answer 3

not answered

Question 4

The U.S. government's Glass Ceiling Commission found that when women do reach senior management positions, their earnings are approximately 90 percent of those of their male counterparts.

Question 5

While most corporate executives in Japan are men, gender parity is better than in the U.S.

Question 6

In your opinion, will time alone erode the gap between men and women among corporate executives? Cite recent trends in research and education to support your answer.

Question 7

Which of the following reasons is/are given to explain why so few women reach the highest levels in American business?

A) Women are excluded from the informal social networks through which men have traditionally gotten influence and promotions.
B) Women are stereotyped as less capable of leadership.
C) Women lack role models to guide them upward in the corporate hierarchy.
D) all of the above

Question 8

Proctor & Gamble is among the very few large companies in the U.S. that has managed to achieve gender equity on its board of directors and among its corporate officers.

Question 9

The term "glass ceiling" refers to which of the following?

A) the struggle for equality between the sexes
B) barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy
C) the persistence of sexist norms and expectations that result in the concentration of women in low-level, poorly paying jobs
D) none of the above

Question 10

Which of the following interventions is/are suggested to increase the number of women in corporate careers?

A) provide opportunities for flexible working
B) mentor women with boardroom potential
C) push for legislation that would require companies to have a certain number of women on their boards
D) all of the above
E) a and b above

Question 11

Only 5 percent of corporate executives in France are women.

Question 12

You have been hired to lead a new diversity program at a major company in order to promote minorities and women; however, any in the company are skeptical about the new program. How would you explain the business value of this program to those who are skeptical about it?

Question 13

In which of the following countries is nearly half of the workforce female, but no woman from that country has yet headed a company?

A) the United States
B) Britain
C) France
D) Japan