Fiona Wilson and Dean Merrill-Sands featured in Hartford Courant on young women in the corporate world
The November 4 article “No Thanks To Corporate World” in the Hartford Courant asks the question: “Does the next generation of women even want to enter the race?” Recent research shows that young women are repelled by the greed of the corporate world and instead are looking for flexibility in their schedules and sufficient time for their personal lives. SOM Instructor Fiona Wilson ‘97, who spoke at the Connecticut Women’s Council’s Signature Fall Event on November 1, says, “The biggest thing is that young women, much more than young men, say that making a difference and helping other people is much more important to them in their careers. It’s not that they don’t want to make a lot of money, but social values are higher on their list.” A Simmons SOM survey of adolescent male and female students found that only 15 percent of boys and 9 percent of girls listed any business-related field as a top career choice. “The idea was to go back and look at teens in their formative years to see if they’re even thinking about business as a pipeline into MBA programs and management positions,” said Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands.
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