Women in executive management are better educated than their male colleagues but they are still failing to occupy top board positions, according to the latest research.
Men also tend to believe that women are less interested in their careers, while women are more likely to believe men do not have sufficient trust in them, initial findings from the Survey on Gender Balance in Senior Management Positions show.
The research, carried out by the Centre for Labour Studies and set to be released next month, highlights the dire situation as Malta attempts to meet the EU’s 2020 target to have women fill 33 per cent of boardroom seats on publicly listed companies.
Were quotas the necessary evil?
“Personally, I believe it’s starting to point to this. Women are clearly qualified and they’re saying they’re capable of handling both family and work, but resistance to their career progression remains,” centre director Anna Borg said.
The online survey, carried out among senior managers in the 250 largest companies, established that the majority of both male and female respondents felt the introduction of quotas would not have any significant effect on the board’s influence on the...
