Women's Influence On Women

What does it take for women to gain success in the business world? Well, it is generally thought that a great business leader has a few traits that led

“According to the Center for American Progress, women “are only 14.6 percent of executive officers, 8.1 percent of top earners, and 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs.” And even though they comprise the majority of the labor force in the financial services and healthcare industries, not a single woman in these fields is head honcho of her company“(Hawaii Free Press, page 1). Women have less authoritative power when it comes to the employment field. More women than men are employed in the labor force, yet majority of the most powerful employers are men. This gender gap seems to be more than just a coincidence. This is one of the results of sexism in the America. Gender gaps in the job market are not the biggest problem of sexism because violence against women still lingers around the United

In the business world, being a woman in a male dominated world is not easy. A woman should move away from the virtues that was instilled to them as a young girl. Working in a male-dominated field, especially for a new up and coming female executive, a woman must always have

Women entered their chosen occupation at the bottom of the business ladder. A very small number of them became entrepreneurs; it took determination, even though they were already part of the workforce. The ones who did strive to become entrepreneurs were known as ‘go-getters’ (White, 104). ‘Go-getters’ were hard-working women who wanted a significant role in American society. Some of these women had a problem with being segregated from men in the workplace. Certain fields were then classified as a male, female, or a neutral occupation. The majority of successful women entered what could be described as neutral or predominantly female careers (White, 51). Most of the successful women had professional and vocational qualifications, having studied business administration. (See Appendix A). Women were then expected to enter one of these fields, if they were to pursue any career at

Growing up girls are raised to believe women are not equal to men in the real world. Do women have equal opportunities as men to hold higher working positions? Are there reasons women are not running more businesses than men? Is one gender better leaders than the other? While men still hold more executive positions than women, there is less women in the work force for logical reasons. For example, men cannot stay home and have a baby. Despite the common belief, the glass ceiling is a myth. Men have always been kings of business, but I know that women can be just lead a business just as well as men.

The business world is continuly changing in all different types of industries. Women owning their own businesses is part of how our economy survives. Women owned businesses has increased from 29 percent in 1997 to 68 percent in 2007.women owned businesses take up 47 percent of all of the businesses in the economy (The Atlantic). Theses busineses bring in about 23 million jobs to the U.S. job force; also it brings in $3 trillion (NWBC.gov). “These jobs not only sustain the individual worker, but contribute to the economic security of their families, the economic vitality of their communities and the nation” (NWBC.gov). its safe to say that women are a huge impact to our economic survival

As executives or business owners, women tend to run their businesses differently than men. Almost every sixty seconds a women is starting her own business. As of today there are over nine million women that own their own business nationwide. Women own half of the businesses in the United States of America out of those 9 million women my mother; Lakesha Miller has owned multiple businesses. I interviewed my mother on November 19, 2016 at Olive Garden in Huntsville, Alabama. She is currently the chief executive officer of Tritel Customer Services and Answering Source. She is one of the outstanding women who have started, built, inherited, partnered, or have entered business ownership.

Kelley et al. (2013) explained the gender-related factors due to which the women-owned businesses are smaller as compared to SMEs owned by men. Mills & McCarthy (2014) highlighted that men are more easily able to develop networks in the market as compared to women which enable them to grow their business quicker. Sang-Suk & Denslow (2004) further highlighted that men are also able to get access to the economic resources such as finances quicker as compared to women since the investors believe that men will be able to provide a higher yield on their investment as compared to women-owned

Throughout history, women and men have been divided into societal standards. Women have been viewed as weak compared to men. Men did the work by providing the shelter and security; while women stayed home taking care of the home and family. This social concept stayed true for many centuries. However, today’s society is challenging that concept. Women are joining the workforce, not just for entry levels but also top managerial level. Women now are strong competitors to top earning male counterparts. They are standing up for themselves. They want equality. They want equal opportunities. Even though society gives men more privilege, women fight and strive for greatness. The focus of this paper will be on sexism in business and business practices

Over 50% of the work force is made out of women but women are usually under represented at every level in business corporation, but why is that? Stereotypes are part of culture and while men are seen as strong, independent and ambitious with strong achievement oriented traits women are seen as tender, understanding and most importantly as nurturers which leads to them being concerned with other.

The introduction of strong female characters has changed the way women are seen, and what part they play in comics. The comic universe has always been male-dominant and still is today, but this is slowly changing. At DC Comics, women are being fused into the workforce and are having more say. The relevance and growing number of comic movies in the media today are expanding the fanbase of boys to grow to include more and more women, which leads to women adding their voice to the business. The creator of “Gotham Academy”, Becky Cloonan, said, “I can still see things moving forward...The industry is a lot healthier than it was 10 years ago, and by all accounts it should continue to flourish.” (Maxwell)

Evolution is something that has occurred since the beginning of time and as the decades go on, evolution continues to occur throughout various aspects of life. One of these prominent spectrums is the work place. While women have not always blossomed in the business world, the female professional statistics have begun and continued to increase as time has. Although there is more gender equality amongst several companies, the numbers aren 't necessarily where they should be. According to an article by Warner, women make up 50.8% of the population, only 14.6% of those women hold executive positions in the workplace. Even less are top earners and less than 5% are Fortune 500 CEO 's. The numbers continue to drop for women of color as only 11.9% hold positions at the manager level (Warner, 2014). And according to the article by Kranc (2014), "...although women make up 19 percent of director positions within the S&P 100, they represent only 8 percent of the highest-paid executives" (Kranc, 2014).

Prior to the 1920’s, societal rules governing women’s fashion, decorum and level of participation were restrictive and rigid. Many of the population would compare women to “slaves or “servants” before the Roaring 20’s. In the 1920’s, there was a group of women who were determined to take control over their own lives, these women were known as the “Flappers”. These women got their name as the “Flappers” because they began wearing skirts of all different lengths, getting their hair cut short and engaging in activities considered to be for men only. The women of this age were not approved by society as they started doing what they enjoyed most. Dictionary.com describes a flapper as, a young women, especially one who, during the 1920s, behaved

Women have owned and managed businesses for centuries, but the first scholarly article focused on women-owned businesses (Gartner, 1985) did not appear in the literature until 1976 (Jennings & Brush, 2013). Early scholars seem to have assumed that all business owners were essentially the same, and groups of small business owners did not require different research (Achtenhagen & Welter, 2011). Over the past 10 years in the United States, the rate of new business formation by women has outpaced that of men and other minority groups (Powell & Eddleston, 2013). The increase in women business ownership has also increased the amount of research focused on women small business owners (Avolio, 2011). Some researchers have sought to understand why the businesses owned by women generate 25% lower profits than the average businesses in the United States (Small Business Administration [SBA], 2012). Further research focusing on how women run their businesses to increase profitability could support the improved profits of additional women small business owners (Marlow & McAdam, 2013).

The most successful women entrepreneurs are those who "dream big"-they see themselves succeeding financially, managing large staffs and running businesses that have