Nearly half of workers still believe certain jobs are exclusively “male” or “female”, with many women put off applying for some vacancies for fear of being discriminated against, new research suggests.
Phone and electronics giant Samsung said its survey of 2,000 adults indicated that “unconscious bias” still exists in the workplace.
Only one in five respondents said they believed there was gender equality in their workplace, amid complaints that certain people were not put forward for opportunities, such as a project.
Almost one in five women questioned said they have not applied for a job for fear of being discriminated against because of their gender.