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Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Manager?

Why is it that so few women make it to management level where decision-making and responsibility lie - and even fewer to the top? ' They are their own worst enemies - they lack confidence.' ' There is always the risk they'll leave, have babies - and not come back.' ' Many men wouldn't be happy working for a woman.' Those are just a few of the reasons offered by employers. Are they to blame, or is it the women themselves? On film Yvonne Roberts talks to three women managers and their bosses. They explain how they made it, and discuss whether it is possible to combine a career with a family, and whether there is too high a price to pay for success. Not every woman necessarily wants to become a boss, but all want the right to choose - and to succeed or fail on their own merits.

English
  • Originally Aired December 19, 1978
  • Notes Is a season finale
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