Work/Life: Man v woman, or is it woman v woman?

The Queen Bee phenomenon is where successful women block policies that support the rise of junior women. PHOTO: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE - Woman: They say the people against gender equality are not men, but women who made the summit and pulled up the ladder.

It is called the Queen Bee phenomenon, where successful women block policies that support the rise of junior women, as assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Nanyang Technological University Chong Sin Hui tells me.

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