WOMEN MANAGERS AND CAREER PROGRESSION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE

In: Women in Management Review, Band 6, Heft 2

Abstract

Women in the UK do not achieve promotion into management as readily
as men. Their careers are slower even at early career stages. This
appears to be due to a range of factors including the concentration of
women in support functions and in specialist roles. Women may also be
less likely to put themselves forward for promotion and to suffer
discrimination through a combination of implicitly male role models,
explicitly "male" selection criteria and subjective
assessment methods. The trend towards defining management criteria more
rigorously and assessing them less subjectively may be an important step
towards promoting more women. Monitoring the retention and career
progress of female employees is still undertaken only by a small
minority of employers, and is a powerful step in the change process.