¹ The statistics are based on a series of surveys:
June 2020: Status and importance of diversity in Germany, 11,000 participants.
August 2020: UK and France comparative survey, 2,000 participants in UK, 1,500 in France.
March 2021: Mini survey on women in decision-making positions on the occasion of International Women's Day 2021, 1,200 participants.
July 2021: Gender and Language in
Recruiting and job advertisements, 5,100 participants.
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
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Workplace equality and women in leadership positions in Germany 2021
Almost ** percent of female respondents said having women on the board of directors at the company was important to them. Around ** percent of men thought that gender-equal leadership team had a better management style.
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