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双语阅读之亚洲人才遭遇西方企业玻璃天花板 In Asia, Locals Hit Western Ceiling 亚洲人才遭遇西方企业玻璃天花板 As Western multinationals ratchet up their operations in Asia, there is one glaring omission from the upper ranks of management: Asians. 西方跨国公司在亚洲扩大业务之际，高管层中明显缺少一类人：亚洲人。 Asians are employed by multinationals in greater numbers than ever before at lower levels, but when it comes to the top roles, companies from food to finance tend to pick Westerners. 跨国公司比以往任何时候都更多地雇用亚洲人从事较低级别的工作，但在涉及到高层管理职位时，从食品到金融等各类公司都倾向于选择西方人。 When Western companies first started expanding to Asia, headquarters sent an executive to Asia to show employees how the business should run. Decades later, not much has changed. In part, thats because leaders tend to promote people in their own image and culture, perpetuating a cycle of white, male bosses, according to consulting and executive-search firms. 西方公司最初开始向亚洲扩张业务时，总部会派一名高管到亚洲，向员工们展示企业是如何运作的。几十年后，情况并没有发生太大的改变。据多家咨询和高管猎头公司说，这在一定程度上是因为公司领导往往会提拔与自己的形象和文化相同的人，保持一种白人男性当老板的往复循环。 Many executive-search firms say their clients would leap at the chance to hire locally, but few firms are taking steps to develop and groom talent. 很多高管猎头公司说，它们的客户会把握在本地雇人的机会，但几乎没有哪家公司会采取措施培养人才。 [Multinationals] in Asia often fall into the trap of overrelying on expatriates and headhunters as easy ways to quickly fill vacancies, notes a 2011 study by the Corporate Executive Board, a global business advisory. But time to productivity is slow for outsiders who lack company or market knowledge. 全球商业咨询公司Corporate Executive Board在2011年进行的一项研究中指出，跨国公司在亚洲常犯的错误是，过于依赖外派人员和猎头，把他们作为迅速找到合适人选的简单途径。但对公司和市场缺乏了解的外部人士，他们提高生产效率的速度很慢。 Having less diversity at the top can be bad for business. Expat executives may lack some of the skills needed on the ground, says Nicklas Jonow, a partner at Pacific Consulting Group, a consulting firm. 高层人员缺乏多样性可能不利于公司业务。咨询公司Pacific Consulting Group的合伙人Nicklas Jonow说，外国高管可能缺乏一些实际需要的技能。 For example, understanding consumer needs, trends, purchasing power, bra