Earlier this month, consulting firm Bain &Co. surveyed 1,834 business professionals world-wide ongender parity in the workplace. The findings, which was presented atthe World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, show that 90% and 85%of men and women, respectively, believe qualified applicants of eithergender have the same shot at landing a junior-level position. Yet 81%of men said opportunities to move to middle management are gender neutral, compared with 52% ofwomen. Similarly, 66% of men said promotions to the executive level areequally attainable by both sexes, versus 30% of women。

　　本月早些时候，贝恩咨询公司(Bain &Co.)在全球范围内开展了一项调研，对象是1834位职场人士，男女各半。调研结果在刚刚结束的瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛(World Economic Forum)上公布。这项结果显示：90%的男士及85%的女士认为，男性女性得到初级职位的机会是均等的，只要你有足够的能力；81%的男士认为，男性女性升任中级管理职位的机会也是均等的，而女士中只有52%的人抱此想法；同样，66%的男士认为升任主管级别的机会也是男女均等，而认同这一点的女士的比例只有30%。

　　In reality, women represent a much smaller portion of leadership roles in business. A December study from New York research concern Catalyst Inc. shows 3% of chief executive officers and 13.5% ofexecutive-officer positions within Fortune 500 companies are women。

　　现实生活中，女性在领导岗位中所占比例是小于男性的。纽约研究机构Catalyst Inc。于去年12月份开展的一项调研显示，财富五百强公司中，首席执行官以及行政主管中女性所占的比例分别为3%和13.5%。

　　Men's perceptions may be rosier than women's because they may beconsidering the long-term progress women have made in the workplace,says Ellen Galinsky, president of Families &Work Institute in NewYork. Men will 'say women have it a lot better than they did in thepast,' she says. 'Women say, 'Yes, but there are a lot fewer of us andwe had to give up a lot more to get there.''

　　纽约家庭与工作研究会(Families& Work Institute)会长爱伦·加林斯基(Ellen Galinsky)认为，男士们的观点比女士们要乐观，因为他们着眼的是长时期以来女性在职场所取得的进步。她说，男士们会说“女性现在的表现比过去强多了，女士们则说，‘没错，不过，我们的人数比男的少多了，而且要取得同样的成就，我们的付出要比男性多得多。’”

　　Perceptions may play a role in women lagging behind men in advancingtheir careers, says Deborah M. Kolb, a professor specializing in womenand leadership at Simmons School of Management in Boston. Ms. Kolb saysstudies have shown women are seen by bosses and colleagues -- men andwomen alike -- as being less capable of serving in leadership poststhan men, despite evidence to the contrary. "Women often get asked totake career detours, into areas like human resources,” she says.“Men get asked to take on strategic-development activities."

　　波士顿西蒙斯管理学院(Simmons School of Management)研究女性及领导力的黛博拉·科尔伯(Deborah M.Kolb)教授认为，女性在职业发展上落后于男性，大众的成见也许也是有一定影响的。科尔伯教授表示，研究显示，老板及同事──男女皆然──都认为女性在领导岗位上表现不如男性，尽管有证据显示并非如此。她说，“在职场上，女性常常会被迫走些弯路，比如去做人力资源管理。男性则会派到跟战略发展相关的工作。”