Essays on Women In Leadership

Introduction

Oracle Corporation is one of the largest companies in the information technology sector. In the third quarter of 2015 it reported earnings of $9 billion in revenues, mostly unchanged from the previous year and a steady growth in its Cloud Services . It has corporate policies on non-discrimination in terms of race, gender and is an equal opportunity employer . Yet its board remains mostly male, with only 3 out of 13 board members comprised of women . From the list of company executives found on the company website, it is found that only 4 out 30 executives, including co-CEO Safra Catz, ...

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 Introduction Statement of Problem Statement of Purpose Research Questions Significance of the Study Definition of Terms: Chapter 11 History of pay inequality Chapter 111 Laws Chapter 1V Women in leadership roles Chapter V Research Methodology Conclusion

Bibliography

Abstract Gender Differences as a Predictor of Salaries in Leadership Roles. Salaries have increased drastically in the past 50 years but still there is a salary disparity between men and women. In today’s workplace, leadership roles are very competitive. Applicants must have many qualifications to be considered for leadership positions. Workforce found that women needed a Ph.D. to equal the ...

Introduction

Gender disparity is a common element in any society coupled with controversy and extensive debate due to the biological differences between men and women (Ridgeway, 2011, p.62). Are men and women equal despite these obvious differences? This is the major question posed by society in relation to gender equality. However, the dimensions of gender inequality offer valuable information in understanding this issue and identifying areas that require urgent attention. Social inequality is apparent in almost every society. Throughout many decades, women have been struggling to be equal to men. The purpose of this paper is to explore the inequalities ...

Introduction

There are diverse issues and concerns that need to be addressed regarding union leadership. There are issues regarding four (4) forms of political action, inclusion of women in top leadership position, and assistance provided by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. The current discourse hereby aims to provide responses to requirements shown in the following sections.

Statement of Petition to Union Leader

In one’s personal capacity as enabled by one’s educational background and work experiences, in conjunction with genuine interests, abilities, and competencies, it is hereby proposed that I should render volunteer work in political campaigns. As learned, political action ...

Politics maily rely on the element of power. An individual or a group of people must acquire a control over the rest since he, or she has the power over them. The power in politics may be properly understood with proper understanding of the various political notions. Although, there are a number of notions that define political power the most critical ones at the moment are conservatism and feminism. Each of them is unique on the principles that define them as well as the political power that they hold. They have exclusive command on the flow of politics in the different countries ...

Introduction

The modern times and the increased participation of women in the labour market formulate a consistent discourse for gender equality that shapes the social, economic, political, legal and technological spheres across the world. The prevalence of the feminist discourse currently focuses on equal organizational opportunities between men and women in the workplace, targeting equal payment and equal career development opportunities. Although women work shoulder to shoulder with their men counterparts in public and private companies, there are still visible discrepancies, mostly related to the leadership positions, which are still considered more suitable for men, since they are dominating the occupancy ...

Do Women In The U.S. Still Strongly Struggle In Ascending To Leadership Regarding Corporate And Governmental Institutions? Over the history of civilization, leadership still poses great challenges. Also, the concept of leadership sparks intense debates across the globe. The underrepresentation of women in influential positions of power has given rise to uncountable commissions, conferences, committees and awareness campaigns. The numerous centers of leadership set up seem to be tackling the problem. However, the solution remains to be a tall order to make. Studies conducted previously give frustrating facts on poor representation of women in leadership tasks. Legislation to remedy ...

The notions contained in the current article confirm previous studies, which have often indicated that women can provide better leadership than men. A close analysis of leadership trends shows that a number of women have risen to different leadership positions. Precisely, a number of women are in leadership realms across different settings including the academia, political and corporate settings. While it is true that women have risen to leadership positions across various settings, there is a need to comprehend with the fact that men still dominate a significant proportion of leadership positions. Deductively, leadership should not be regarded as a masculine realm. Instead, there ...

ABSTRACT

The roles of women have been changing in the recent past. Women have formed movements that advocate for their rights in an effort to make the competitive like their male counterparts. The methodology aims to describe the ways in which the research has been conducted and the modes of data collection and analysis. The methods used are describe as observation, sample surveys and interviewing and administration of questionnaires The findings of the research were documented to make authentic conclusions and decisions from the study. 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. METHODOLOGY 3 a) Study area 3 b) Data collection ...

The role and responsibilities that women have assumed evolved significantly through time. From the study published by the Department of Labor and Statistics entitled “Women at Work”, the report revealed that since the 1970s, “women have increasingly attained higher levels of education and experienced an increase in their earnings as a proportion of men's earnings” (Department of Labor and Statistics (DLS) par. 1). From the article written by Toegel, the author indicated that the percentage of women assuming managerial roles have actually exceeded men as revealed from the DLS 2006 report. However, there is still dismal results that were apparently ...