More female managers called for by UK staff
Employment Law & HR update 26/09/2011
New research has revealed that employees across the UK would
like their firms to employ a larger number of female managers.
Recruitment consultancy firm Randstad’s quarterly Workmonitor
report questioned more than 400 workers and found that more than a
third of them – 36 per cent – were in favour of more female
managers being employed. The workers felt that improvements would
be made to their organisation if this were to happen.
Currently, 34 per cent of UK staff members believed that, when
faced with the option of an equally suitable male or female
candidate for a manager role, a man tends to be chosen. This is in
spite of the male to female ratio of current manager positions
occupied at the company.
However, despite many workers feeling that the number of female
managers should be increased, 15 per cent more employees reported
that they would rather have a male manager than a female.
Thirty-nine per cent of male workers and just 27 per cent of
female workers said that they would opt for a woman manager.
CEO of Randstad UK and Middle East, Mark Bull, said, “Our survey
shows just how complex gender dynamics in the workplace can be. On
the one hand people are eager to see more senior female figureheads
and believe that this would make a key difference to company
performance."
“Yet on a day-to-day level, the old stereotypes about preferring
to work for a man seem to be holding sway,” he added.
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