Patterns of Female Senior Business Leadership in E-Commerce Companies China

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10.2991/emeeit-15.2015.87How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Female senior manager, e-commerce companies, glass ceiling, leadership pattern

Abstract

The glass ceiling problem has been a hot topic in research of female senior leadership in companies, especially in e-commerce companies. It has become a worldwide debate of which promote barriers and weakness for female managers are discussed. China has present a sharp rise this year from 25% to 51% female senior management position, however, by sampling survey in this study, we found that female senior managers still in a disadvantageous position. This study sampling investigated 200 China listed companies in e-commerce industry to explore the pattern of female senior business leadership. The results in this study reveal that 75% of sample companies held no more than 3 female senior managers, 97% of female members in board of directors. By studying patterns of female senior manager leadership, this study provides evidences of status quo of Chinese female senior managers and therefore draws attention to glass ceiling problems at the highest levels within China listed companies.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Wei Zhou
AU  - Ke-Chiun Chang
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Patterns of Female Senior Business Leadership in E-Commerce Companies China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International conference on Engineering Management, Engineering Education and Information Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 452
EP  - 455
SN  - 2352-538X
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