Unilever Unilever Has Operations in 150 Countries. Recently, Unilever Took 100

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Unilever
Unilever has operations in 150 countries. Recently, Unilever took 100 of these top managers on a jungle retreat to Costa Rica. To the dismay of Unilever's chair, there were no women in the group. Upon investigation, he learned that only one woman had even been invited. As the retreat progressed, its participants commented on the richness of diversity in nature and how everything needs diversity to grow. These comments caused Unilever's chair to establish an executive committee to examine practical ways to overcome barriers to women's promotion. They decided to avoid setting numerical targets because they encourage positive discrimination and instead examined recruitment and promotion practices.
-Refer to Unilever. After studying the problem, the executive committee discovered that the company recruited the same number of men and women, but women were not being promoted to the top management positions. This probably resulted from the existence of a(n) ____________ .

• A) executive box
• B) impervious chain of management
• C) missing ladder rung
• D) glass ceiling
• E) gender affirmation

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Definitions:

External Attributions

Ascribing the causes of behavior to situational demands and environmental constraints.

Extrinsic Factors

External elements or influences that motivate behavior, not inherent to the individual's internal desires.

Situational Factors

External conditions or circumstances that influence an individual's behavior or decision-making process.

Dispositional Factors

Internal attributes such as personality traits, beliefs, and values that influence an individual's behavior and outlook.