Gender Inequality Between The Workforce And Its...

Gender Inequality in the Workforce and Its Correlation to Hofstede’s Masculinity Dimension Culture is a very powerful concept that influences all aspects of a society’s values. Every country holds different cultural views pertaining to each of these aspects and they include symbols, perspectives, and social interactions (Banks 35). As globalization integrates itself deeper into a culture, it begins to transform the norms of that culture. This is exactly what is, and has been happening in many different cultures all over the world. The view on a woman’s role in society is one of these perspectives that people have firm opinions on and, that has experienced a great deal of influence, which is why gender inequality in the workforce has been a constant and reoccurring topic in the international business sphere. Although women’s roles regarding this topic have been shifting gradually over the last seven decades, there are still major differences among all the different countries. 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