Why are there so few women CEOs?
- Written by Michael Holmes, Jim Moran Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Florida State University
Women comprise about 47% of the U.S. workforce, yet they make up barely a quarter of all senior executives at large U.S. public companies. Even worse, only about 5% of Standard & Poor’s 500 companies have female CEOs.
Moreover, women who become CEOs are often appointed to companies that are in crisis or are performing poorly, as in the...