Women & Quotas: Will it Break The Glass Ceiling?

http://blogs.forbes.com/sashagalbraith/2011/02/25/women-quotas-will-it-break-the-plexi-glass-ceiling/

With the number of men in the boardroom greatly out numbering women, Sasha Galbraith, the author of this article suggests that maybe a law needs to be put in place to help women break through the glass ceiling and even out the number of men to women in upper management positions. Both Norway and France have instituted quota laws to help make sure publicly traded companies have women in their board of directors. As we learned in chapter 13, the only difference in leadership that has been found between men and women is that women tend to lead in a more Democratic or participative manner. They also tend to use more of a transformational style, which is a style that emphasizes intrinsic motivation and follower development. Since these leadership styles are associated with the contemporary notions of effective leadership there should be no reason for women to be kept from the board room. With chapter 13's evidence that women can be just as effective leaders as men do you think that the United States should institute a law, like Norway and France, that sets a quota for the percent of women that have to be included in the board room in publicly traded corporations? If so, would this be helpful or hurtful to progress of women in the world?