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The Catalyst Pyramid: US women in business. (Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, Annual Averages, 2003.)
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Women in 2008 made no significant gains in winning more top US business jobs, according to a study released on Wednesday, but the head of the study said women are poised to make strides in the year ahead.
The number of women who were board directors, corporate officers or top earners at Fortune 500 companies remained essentially unchanged, said the study by Catalyst, a nonprofit group that promotes opportunities for women in business.
The percentage of companies with women on the board of directors was 15.1 percent this year, compared with 14.8 percent in 2007, Catalyst said.
Also, the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women was 15.7 percent in 2008 and 15.4 percent in 2007, it said. The percentage of top earners in 2008 who were women was 6.2 percent, compared to 6.7 percent in 2007, it said.
The research on the Fortune 500 companies was based on data as of March 31, 2008. The slight changes in the numbers are not considered statistically significant, Catalyst said.
Nevertheless, given the changes in U.S. politics, the future for women in business looks more promising, said Ilene Lang, president and chief executive officer of Catalyst.
"Overall we're expecting to see change next year," Lang said. "When we look at shareholders, decision makers, the general public, they're looking for change.
"What they're basically saying is, 'Don't give us more of the status quo. Get new ideas in there, get some fresh faces,'" she said.
Lang said President-elect Barack Obama's choices for cabinet and other leadership positions, which include women and minorities, former rivals and opponents, bode well for women in the corporate world.
"These are very, very inclusive teams," she said. "I think that can be a role model for leadership in other sectors."
The Catalyst study also noted that minority women -- black, Asian or Latina -- comprised 3.2 percent of company directorships, compared with 3.0 percent in 2007.
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(Agencies)
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本周三發(fā)布的一項(xiàng)研究報(bào)告顯示，2008年美國(guó)商界女性在獲得高管職位方面沒(méi)有取得明顯進(jìn)步，但研究負(fù)責(zé)人稱明年商界女性的前景看好。
促進(jìn)商界女性職業(yè)發(fā)展的非贏利機(jī)構(gòu)Catalyst對(duì)“財(cái)富500強(qiáng)”企業(yè)開(kāi)展的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，在過(guò)去一年中，這些公司的董事會(huì)和管理層成員或高薪員工中女性的比例基本沒(méi)變化。
報(bào)告稱，今年15.1%的公司有女董事，去年這一比例為14.8%。
此外，今年公司管理層的女性比例為15.7%，去年為15.4%。高薪員工中女性占6.2%，去年為6.7%。
該調(diào)查主要對(duì)2008年3月31日以前的相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行了分析。Catalyst稱，這些細(xì)微的數(shù)據(jù)變化在統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)上意義不大。
Catalyst機(jī)構(gòu)總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官艾琳?朗表示，盡管如此，考慮到今年美國(guó)政壇的變化，商界女性的前景將會(huì)改觀。
她說(shuō)：“我們期待明年的變化。股東、決策者和公眾都在期待改變。”
她說(shuō)：“大家都在說(shuō)：‘我們不要再維持現(xiàn)狀，我們需要新的理念，新的面孔。’”
她說(shuō)，美國(guó)當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)巴拉克·奧巴馬挑選的內(nèi)閣班子和其他政府要員對(duì)商界女性十分有利，其中包括女性、少數(shù)族裔、前競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手和反對(duì)者等。
她說(shuō)：“奧巴馬組建了一個(gè)非常多元化的團(tuán)隊(duì)，為其他領(lǐng)域樹(shù)立了榜樣。”
該報(bào)告同時(shí)指出，少數(shù)族裔女性（非洲裔、亞裔或拉丁裔）占公司管理層的3.2%，去年這一比例為3.0%。
（實(shí)習(xí)生許雅寧 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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