亚洲的女性管理者：尚未开发的人才.pdfVIP

新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『性别歧视在亚洲大行其道，却为那些没有大 男子主义的公司创造了机会。』 Women Managers in Asia: Untapped Talent 亚洲的女性管理者：尚未开发的人才 Jul 7th 2012 | from The Economist In the West, women typically make up 10-20% of upper management and company boards. They are relatively 1 2 lucky. A report from McKinsey , a consultancy , shows that Asian women lag3 far behind. One reason why so few women in Asia get plum4 jobs is that in most countries far fewer of them are in the workforce than in the West, where their labour-force participation rate is usually around 60-70%. In India only about one woman in three has a formal job, though millions sweat on farms and in family businesses. Education is unequal, too. In 2009-10 only 10-15% of students entering the elite5 Indian Institutes of Management were female. But even in Asian 6 7 countries where plenty of women leap from college onto the corporate ladder , they do not climb as high as men. The most common reasons given are much the same as in Europe: the double burden8 of work and domestic9 responsibilities; the requirement in many senior jobs to be always available and free to travel; women’s reluctance10 to blow their own trumpet11; and the 1 McKinsey 麦肯锡咨询公司 2 consultancy /kEn5sQltEnsi/ n. 咨询公司：He has landed a job with a food and beverage consultancy. （他在一家食品饮料咨询公司得到了一份工作。） 3 lag /lAg/ v. 落后：Prices are rising sharply, while incomes are lagging far behind. （物价飞涨而收入 却远远落后。） 4 plum /plQm/ adj. （工作等）称心的；值得拥有的：She’s landed a plum job at the BBC. （她在英国广 播公司谋得称心如意的工作。） 5 elite /eI5li:t/ adj. 精英的；出类拔萃的：an elite group of senior officials （一批出类拔萃的高级官员）