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Misconceptions About Women in the Global Arena Keep Their Numbers Low

Misconceptions about women’s abilities to handle international assignments and their willingness to accept these assignments are key barriers to women getting selected for the global business arena, according to a new Catalyst study released today at a press breakfast at the Grand Hyatt in...

Date: 2000
Women MBAs Working in the Information Technology Industry See Opportunity

Women MBAs working in the IT industry—more than their male counterparts in IT and more than their female counterparts in non-tech fields—are very satisfied with both their current positions and job opportunities, according to a Catalyst study released today. Ninety-one percent of women MBAs...

Date: 2000
The Glass Ceiling 2000: The History, Progress and Strategies For Advancing Women

Cracking the Glass Ceiling, 2000 Edition, is a compilation of Catalyst research spanning five years of study on advancing women in business. Developed as a resource guide, the report discusses issues related to the glass ceiling (retention, flexibility, mentoring), provides general "How-Tos" for...

Date: 2000
Ten Years Later Pioneers of Flexible Work Schedules Satisfied With Career Outcome

Being both a career woman on a modified/flexible schedule and a mother isn’t about having it all—it’s about "having the best of it all," according to participants in Flexible Work Arrangements III, a Catalyst study which tracks 24 women who first used flexible work arrangements more than a decade...

Date: 2000
Women and Men MBA Graduates Satisfied With Value of MBA Degree and With Careers Overall

Ninety-five percent of both women and men graduates from 12 of the nation’s top business schools report being satisfied with their MBA education, according to a joint study released today by Catalyst, the University of Michigan Business School, and the Center for the Education of Women at the...

Date: 2000
Catalyst Census Finds Few Women Corporate Officers

TORONTO—Women hold 12 percent of corporate officer positions in Canada (690 out of 5,746 corporate officers), according to the Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers of Canada, released today at a press conference at the Toronto Board of Trade. This first-of-its-kind census provides an...

Date: 2000

Region: Canada
2000 Catalyst Award Winners Focus on Corporate Culture Changes

Charles Schwab & Company, the IBM Corporation, and the Northern Trust Company have each won the 2000 Catalyst Award for their exemplary initiatives to advance women through their corporate ranks. Each initiative has proven successful, effective, and measurable. Schwab’s initiative, Building a...

Date: 2000

Region: Latin America
Catalyst Census Finds Significant Gap Between Two Tiers of America's Largest Companies in Number of Women Board Directors

America’s 500 largest companies are significantly more likely to have at least one woman board director than the next largest group, according to the 1999 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 1000. Eighty-four percent of Fortune 500 companies have at least one woman on their...

Date: 1999
Catalyst Census Posts Solid Gains in Percentage of Women Corporate Officers in America's Largest 500 Corporations

Women represent 11.9 percent of corporate officers (1,386 out of a total of 11,681) in America's 500 largest companies as of March 31, 1999, an increase of nearly 37 percent since 1995, according to the 1999 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners. Women top earners have more...

Date: 1999
Women of Color Report a "Concrete Ceiling" Barring Their Advancement in Corporate America

Women-of-color managers and professionals describe barriers to their advancement as a “concrete ceiling,” according to a major Catalyst study released today at a press breakfast. Women of Color in Corporate Management: Opportunities and Barriers finds that 47 percent of over 1,700 women-of...

Date: 1999

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Misconceptions About Women in the Global Arena Keep Their Numbers Low

Women MBAs Working in the Information Technology Industry See Opportunity

The Glass Ceiling 2000: The History, Progress and Strategies For Advancing Women

Ten Years Later Pioneers of Flexible Work Schedules Satisfied With Career Outcome

Women and Men MBA Graduates Satisfied With Value of MBA Degree and With Careers Overall

Catalyst Census Finds Few Women Corporate Officers

2000 Catalyst Award Winners Focus on Corporate Culture Changes

Catalyst Census Finds Significant Gap Between Two Tiers of America's Largest Companies in Number of Women Board Directors

Catalyst Census Posts Solid Gains in Percentage of Women Corporate Officers in America's Largest 500 Corporations

Women of Color Report a "Concrete Ceiling" Barring Their Advancement in Corporate America

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