Annotated Bibliography. Include at least seven (7) sources

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Cristian, Dezco., David, Ross., & Jose, Uribe. Why are there so few women top managers? Columbia University. 2013.
The ideas presented by Cristian, David, and Jose are fascinating. The trio seeks to showcase that the presence of a woman as a top management executive is likely to hinder the selection or appointment of other women to other executive positions. These researchers make use of twenty years of panel data from the executive or top management teams of S&P 1500 firms. The results reveal that with women at the top of management positions, it is highly likely that other women will not make it to these positions. These researchers attribute their results to the lack of solidarity among women as well as gender equity issues in management. Well, this article brings a different perspective to the topic am handling. Instead of showing that men are responsible for the few female CEOs, this article considers the option that women could be hindering their fellow women’s chances of ever making it to top executive positions which is quite interesting and enriching to my topic.
Drew, Desilver. Women scarce at top of U.S. business and in the jobs that lead there. Pew Research Center. /fact-tank/2018/04/30/women-scarce-at-top-of-u-s-business-and-in-the-jobs-that-lead-there/. Accessed October 14, 2018.
Drew presents evidence which appears to show that women are not CEOs today and this may not change in the near future. Apparently, aside from not having a good number of women as CEOs, companies in the US also have fewer women than men in the top executive positions. Well, holding a position just below the CEO’s position means that one’s chances of succeeding the CEO are high. However, as Drew reveals only 11.5% of the 5700 executive positions are women. Additionally, Drew mentions while these positions often open the door for women to become CEOs, the 11.5% hold positions which are likely not to open the CEO door. It is true that organizations prefer to have people with operational experience at the top. However, how will the women get the top positions if they are not offered the positions that lead to the top? Drew’s article is a perfect fit for my research because instead of focusing on the top positions only, it goes a step further and examines the situation before women become CEOs. This article exposes the problem and shows that it starts a few positions back.
Jeff, Green. Why 5 percent remains a glass ceiling for female CEOs. Bloomberg Businessweek, Sep 28, 2018. /businessweek. Accessed October 14, 2018.
Green starts his article by noting how Katharine Graham’s appointment as CEO of the Washington Post Co. was seen as start or also as an end to the idea that only men can be CEOs. He proceeds to show the numbers or percentages which indicate that women CEOs are few. Apparently out of the 500 Fortune Company CEOs, women were only 24 or an equivalent of 4.8%. Green attributes this number to the issue of sexism as well as what he calls old-boy networks and finally the lack of qualified female personnel to take up the positions. Additionally, there is the weak notion that men are trying to protect women from the rig...