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4 hours ago ago from Natalie's Blog
Introduction In today's business world we are familiar with seeing women in senior and managerial roles, but being a woman in business brings whole new elements into play in the terms of values and attitudes in the business world. If you were to ask men if they regard women in business as equal most of them would probably concur that they do. If you ask women in business if they feel equal to the men, I think you will find they do not. ...
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