| 1. Women face no barriers to promotions in most organisations. |
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| 2. Women prefer a balanced life more than gaining highly paid careers. |
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| 3. It’s a strong disincentive when other women are badly hurt trying to gain leadership positions. |
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| 4. Talented women are able to overcome sexist discrimination. |
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| 5. Smart women avoid careers that involve intense competition with colleagues. |
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| 6. Women usually struggle to be selected as team leaders. |
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| 7. Women who have a strong commitment to their careers can go right to the top. |
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| 8. Jealousy from co-workers prevents women from seeking promotions. |
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| 9. Women and men have to overcome the same problems at the workplace. |
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| 10. Even women with many skills and qualifications fail to be recognised for promotions. |
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| 11. Women leaders are seldom given full credit for their successes. |
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| 12. Women have the same desire for power as men do. |
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| 13. Women have reached the top in all areas of business and politics. |
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| 14. Women commonly reject career advancement as they are keener to maintain a role raising children. |
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| 15. Women in senior positions face frequent putdowns of being too soft or too hard. |
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| 16. The support of a mentor greatly increases the success of a woman in any organisation. |
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| 17. Unfair preferential treatment is given to both women and men. |
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| 18. If women achieve promotions they might be accused of offering sexual favours. |
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| 19. Women enthusiastically develop social networks to enhance their careers. |
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| 20. Women are more likely to be hurt than men when they take the big risks necessary for corporate success. |
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| 21. A supportive spouse/partner or close friend makes it easier for a woman to achieve success in her career. |
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| 22. Discrimination against women is a major problem only in non-Western countries. |
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| 23. Motherhood is more important to most women than career advancement. |
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| 24. Daughters of successful mothers are inspired to overcome sexist hurdles. |
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| 25. The low proportion of women leaders is normal compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. |
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| 26. Women leaders suffer more emotional pain than men when there is a crisis within their teams. |
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| 27. Government regulations cannot ensure women have equal job opportunities with men. |
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| 28. Women reject the need to work incredibly long hours. |
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| 29. Women with high goals are not likely to achieve their work ambitions. |
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| 30. Women starting careers today will face sexist barriers. |
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| 31. Women believe they have to make too many compromises to gain highly paid positions. |
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| 32. Successful organisations seek and want to retain talented female staff. |
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| 33. Higher education qualifications will help women overcome discrimination. |
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| 34. Even very successful women can quickly lose their confidence. |
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| 35. Women know that work does not provide the best source of happiness in life. |
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| 36. Women executives are very uncomfortable when they have to criticise members of their teams. |
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| 37. Being in the limelight creates many problems for women. |
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| 38. The more women seek senior positions, the easier it will be for those who follow. |
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| 39. It will take decades for women to reach equality with men in high level management positions. |
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| 40. When women are given opportunities to lead they do effective jobs. |
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