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I met a woman named Janet at a financial literacy conference where we were both speaking. She told me about her company and specifically, her frustration in not seeing many females promoted to branch manager. She told me about a woman at her company who wanted to get promoted and receive recognition for her contributions. Time and time again, she was overlooked while younger, less experienced men were promoted instead.
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Mattia, L. (2018). The Gender Trap. In: Gender on Wall Street. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75550-2_7
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