The Women Manager Panel Survey: Moving beyond the glass ceiling to become a core workforce

While it is undeniable that the utilization of female talent is essential in achieving the government’s agenda of a 70% overall national employment rate, as of 2013 the employment rate of women aged 15 or older stands at a mere 48.8%. The women managers panel survey is the nation’s only survey targeting female workers in managerial position. It surveyed companies with 100 or more employees across all industries that had female workers in positions of deputy section chief or higher. The panel examines organizational variables, personal variables, and circumstantial variables affecting female managers in their work and personal lives while surveying the human resources management and utilization of female employees of companies. Based on the results of the survey, it was concluded that the leadership training for female managers provided by the government-run Female Talent Academy needs to be further expanded in order to increase the ratio of female managers and administrators within companies. Moreover, a female administrator quota needs to be incrementally introduced to companies with 100 or more employees in consideration of the scale of the company and voluntary participation by companies in affirmative action measures should be encouraged.