The Quote: "The decline shows a vicious cycle," says Catalyst associate Kate Egan. "If there are not a lot of women at the top, then there won't be growth at lower levels. If the barriers aren't broken, then women have to carve out paths themselves, and progress is very slow."
Who Said It: Kate Egan, an associate with Catalyst, a nonprofit research group.
In Context: Research shows that women are leaving the IT field in droves. Catalyst found that women have limited access to informal networks in IT and also have to contend with gender-based stereotypes in the workplace. With that, fewer women are rising to--and staying in--high-level positions. In turn, Egan says, women in lower levels suffer.
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