These charged feelings turn into tangible results within a company. In 2011 a study crunched numbers from 6,320 private-sector Dutch firms over 12 years and found that found that after male CEOs have daughters, the average salary for a female employee within the company rises and the gender gap began to close. But isn’t it a bit discouraging that CEOs with daughters are most receptive to equalizing fair wages once it personally affects them? “It’s frustrating at times, absolutely,” says Wood. “But I’m actually more encouraged than I am frustrated.” As politicians and talking heads debate fair-wage laws and whether female breadwinners are harming their children, questions are moving away from whether women can succeed to evaluating whether women have the same opportunity to do so as men and what factors contribute to ensuring they do… This is an extract, read the original and full post: CEO Dads Want Their Daughters in the Boardroom - http://thebea.st/132jN5q
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