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Article: No new cracks in glass ceiling; Study shows women stuck on ladder.(Report)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- October 8, 2007
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Byline: Tom Henderson
The glass ceiling is still in place and structurally sound, according to results to be released today of the 2007 Michigan Women's Leadership Index, which examined the presence of women executives in the largest 100 publicly held companies in Michigan.
For the first time, the survey looked at the participation by women of color in upper management, and for them, the glass ceiling was almost impenetrable.
Of 757 senior executives at the top 100 companies, only four, 0.5 percent, are women of color; and nine, 1 percent, are members of the board of directors.
"Quite frankly, I find those numbers shocking,'' said ...