More women running the show in Polish boardrooms
PR dla Zagranicy
Veronika Joy
08.03.2013 13:15
On International Women's Day, research reveals three times as many woman are working as CEOs, directors and managers in companies than woman working as nurses.
Polish business women's activity is impressive (photo flickr.com/Victor1558)
The Polish Confederation of Private Employers 'Lewiatan' estimates that in Poland there are more women who have management positions in companies than their female counterparts who work in nursing or teaching.
According to data from the National Court, collected by the Center for Economic Information (COIG), in the last year, over 120,000 woman were brought into businesses. Additionally, the 40 percent of Polish ladies were responsible for registering new companies and 27 percent of woman became board members newly registered businesses.
The amount of woman actively involved in Polish businesses is impressive when compared to other countries.
In a study conducted by Grant Thornton, among CEOs of large and medium-sized companies worldwide, only in mainland China is the share of women in management proportionately larger than that of woman in Poland. (vj/pg)
Source: PAP, Puls Biznesu