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Businesswomen and business cliques in three cities: Delhi, Sydney, and Montreal
Author(s) -
ROSS AILEEN D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1979.tb01242.x
Subject(s) - new delhi , prejudice (legal term) , humanities , geography , political science , sociology , art , law , archaeology , metropolitan area
Les préjugés et la discrimination sont souvent considérés responsables du petit nombre de femmes ambitieuses ayant réussi à atteindre des postes de direction dans les affaires. Le présent article démontre que l'insuccès de bien des femmes est dûà d'autres facteurs plus importants. L'analyse est fondée sur des interviews en profondeur auprès d'un choix de femmes d'affaires de Delhi, Sydney et Montréal. Prejudice and discrimination are often cited as accounting for the small number of ambitious women who have worked their way up to executive business positions. This paper contends that there are other, more important factors that are responsible for the failure of many women to succeed. The study is based on intensive interviews with a selection of businesswomen resident in Delhi, Sydney, and Montreal