https://www.scmp.com/rss/312714/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com There are many very successful Chinese women. In business, there is SOHO China chief executive Zhang Xin, the real estate developer who is transforming Beijing’s skyline. Or Gong Haiyan, China’s No 1 matchmaker, whose online dating site, Jiayuan (Beautiful Destiny), has more than 100 million users. In politics, Liu Yandong was appointed one of China’s four new vice-premiers in 2013, making her one of the most powerful women in the world. Yet these are exceptional stories. According to a recent... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/1911458/are-supervisors-hindering-womens-career-advancement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/1911458/are-supervisors-hindering-womens-career-advancement?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Feb 2016 02:00:41 +0000 There are few of us who have not experienced rude behaviour in our working lives – either on the sharp receiving end, or as a witness seeing a colleague being targeted. If we are honest, at some point or another, most of us have likely also dealt out a degree of rudeness ourselves. Maybe in reaction to having previously been the target of such behaviour, maybe unintended, or because we were tired, had too much work to do, or just did not pay attention. Often, incidents of rudeness at work are... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/1877913/more-just-flash-pan-high-cost-rudeness-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/1877913/more-just-flash-pan-high-cost-rudeness-work?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:01:30 +0000 Fortune favours the brave, it is often said. But in the fickle world of Hollywood, most actresses find fortune also favours the young.favours Indeed, if you are a female movie star, you can expect to see your pay per film peak when you reach just 34 years of age, and then fall steeply after that. By your mid-30s you are, in a graphical sense, over the hill. In contrast, male stars will, on average, see their earnings continue to rise until age 51, after which their pay tends to level off, but... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1440970/age-and-gender-determine-screen-success-hollywood-study?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1440970/age-and-gender-determine-screen-success-hollywood-study?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:30:00 +0000