Earlier this month, consulting firm Bain & Co. surveyed 1,834 business professionals world-wide ongender parity in the workplace. The findings, which was presented atthe World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, show that 90% and 85%of men and women, respectively, believe qualified applicants of eithergender have the same shot at landing a junior-level position. Yet 81%of men said opportunities to move to middle management are gender neutral, compared with 52% ofwomen. Similarly, 66% of men said promotions to the executive level areequally attainable by both sexes, versus 30% of women。

　　本月早些时候，贝恩咨询公司(Bain &Co。)在全球范围内开展了一项调研，对象是1834位职场人士，男女各半。调研结果在刚刚结束的瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛(WorldEconomicForum)上公布。这项结果显示：90%的男士及85%的女士认为，男性女性得到初级职位的机会是均等的，只要你有足够的能力；81%的男士认为，男性女性升任中级管理职位的机会也是均等的，而女士中只有52%的人抱此想法；同样，66%的男士认为升任主管级别的机会也是男女均等，而认同这一点的女士的比例只有30%。

　　In reality, women represent a much smaller portion of leadership roles in business. A December study from New York research concern Catalyst Inc. shows 3% of chief executive officers and 13.5% ofexecutive-officer positions within Fortune 500 companies are women。

　　现实生活中，女性在领导岗位中所占比例是小于男性的。纽约研究机构Catalyst Inc。于去年12月份开展的一项调研显示，财富五百强公司中，首席执行官以及行政主管中女性所占的比例分别为3%和13.5%。

　　Men's perceptions may be rosier than women's because they may beconsidering the long-term progress women have made in the workplace,says Ellen Galinsky, president of Families & Work Institute in NewYork. Men will 'say women have it a lot better than they did in thepast,' she says. 'Women say, 'Yes, but there are a lot fewer of us andwe had to give up a lot more to get there.''

　　纽约家庭与工作研究会(Families& Work Institute)会长爱伦•加林斯基(EllenGalinsky)认为，男士们的观点比女士们要乐观，因为他们着眼的是长时期以来女性在职场所取得的进步。她说，男士们会说“女性现在的表现比过去强多了，女士们则说，‘没错，不过，我们的人数比男的少多了，而且要取得同样的成就，我们的付出要比男性多得多。’”

　　Perceptions may play a role in women lagging behind men in advancingtheir careers, says Deborah M. Kolb, a professor specializing in womenand leadership at Simmons School of Management in Boston. Ms. Kolb saysstudies have shown women are seen by bosses and colleagues -- men andwomen alike -- as being less capable of serving in leadership poststhan men, despite evidence to the contrary. 'Women often get asked totake career detours . . . into areas like human resources,' she says.'Men get asked to take on strategic-development activities.'

　　波士顿西蒙斯管理学院(Simmons School of Management)研究女性及领导力的黛博拉•科尔伯(Deborah M.Kolb)教授认为，女性在职业发展上落后于男性，大众的成见也许也是有一定影响的。科尔伯教授表示，研究显示，老板及同事──男女皆然──都认为女性在领导岗位上表现不如男性，尽管有证据显示并非如此。她说，“在职场上，女性常常会被迫走些弯路，比如去做人力资源管理。男性则会派到跟战略发展相关的工作。”

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