Becker's Hospital Review

59 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP It's lonely at the top for female leaders By Alia Paavola W omen, especially women of col- or, are less likely to feel included and taken seriously as they enter leadership roles, a new survey from the Soci- ety for Human Resource Management found. For the report, the HR association surveyed 1,094 HR professionals, 1,017 individual con- tributors and 1,038 managers. Five findings from the survey: 1. Female managers are less likely to feel in- cluded in key networks at their organizations than male managers. Specifically, 65 percent of white female managers and 57 percent of female managers of color say they feel includ- ed in key networks, compared to 68 percent of male managers of color and 73 percent of white male managers. 2. Only 56 percent of female managers of col- or reported they feel like they can talk about their personal life with others at work, com- pared to 70 percent of white female manag- ers, 72 percent of male managers of color and 79 percent of white male managers. 3. As women move from individual contrib- utors to managers, they are more likely to be- lieve women in their organization have fewer opportunities for career growth than men. 4. Only 61 percent of women reported their supervisor encourages them to grow their ca- reer, compared to 71 percent of men. 5. Female managers with caregiving du- ties are more likely to have experienced a pandemic-related career setback. ir- ty-five percent of female managers reported a career setback, compared to 26 percent of male peers. n 5 healthcare companies get 'F' in racial and gender pay equity By Alia Paavola O f 57 companies examined on a 2022 "Ra- cial and Gender Pay Scorecard," 24 compa- nies received an "F" grade, including five in healthcare. The report was released March 14 by shareholder advocacy firm Proxy Impact and Arjuna Capital, an investment firm focused on sustainable and impact investing. The report grades companies across five catego- ries: racial pay gap; gender pay gap; U.K. pay gap (for companies with at least 250 employees working in the U.K.); coverage, which includes total compen- sation packages and the percentage of employees who are included in companies' pay gap analyses; and commitment to close the pay inequities. The report notes that the five healthcare companies that received an "F" grade in this year's report "failed to disclose quantitative adjusted and unadjusted median racial and gender pay gaps," meaning they received it for a lack of data. Here's how the seven healthcare companies exam- ined performed: Pfizer — "A" grade Cigna — "C" grade Biogen — "F" grade Idexx Laboratories — "F" grade Quest Diagnostics — "F" grade Intuitive Surgical — "F" grade DaVita — "F" grade n Healthcare access, employment among gender disparities that widened amid pandemic By Georgina Gonzalez T he pandemic intensified a range of preexisting gender disparities, widening the equality gap between men and women globally, according to a March 2 study published in The Lancet. The researchers looked at gender data in a range of topics, including health outcomes, education, work concerns, safe- ty at home, and vaccine hesitancy and uptake to discern how women worldwide were affected by the pandemic. Data from between Jan. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, was compiled from 13 gender- or sex-specific sources and one gender-invari- ant source. Here's how men and women differed in a range of key categories: 1. As vaccines became available in January 2021, women were more vaccine-hesitant than men, with 25.6 percent of women reporting concerns about the vaccine compared to 22.3 per- cent of men. The gender gap then decreased over time, with it largely closed as of September 2021. 2. Women were more likely than men to report that the pan- demic caused disruptions in access to healthcare and health- care products. 3. Women were hit harder by employment losses than men. In September 2021, 26 percent of women reported employment losses compared to 20.4 percent of men. 4. Women were also much more likely to report the increase of chores and caregiving responsibilities than men worldwide. By September 2021, women were 2.4 times more likely to report forgoing work to care for others. 5. Female students were also 1.2 times more likely than male students to drop out of school during the pandemic. n

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