Thursday, May 08, 2014

Female bosses 10% more likely to be fired than men from publicly owned companies


Women chief executives are at a greater risk of being fired than their male contemporaries, research has shown despite their number being much smaller than their counterparts.

Consultancy group Strategy&, which studied 2,500 of the largest public companies found that over the last decade fewer than three in 10 male chief executives were ousted from their position while two fifths of female bosses were forced out.

The researchers claim the higher rate of sackings among female CEO’s was in part explained by companies feeling pressured into making higher risk appointments.

See full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2615808/Female-bosses-10-likely-fired-men-publicly-owned-companies.html