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The UK has one of the lowest levels of female ambition in the workplace, a survey by Hays Group has found.
Only 11% of women in the UK believe they need to reach managing director or CEO level, compared with 18% of men.
This figure rises to 18% in the United Arab Emirates, 22% in Colombia and 28% in Malaysia, the survey of 11,500 people found.
Just over one-third (36%) of women in the UK said they would feel successful if they reached director level, while a slightly lower proportion of men would be satisfied with reaching this level.
In terms of formal diversity policies to address this imbalance, 44% of respondents said their organisation did not have one in place, while 28% were not sure.
When it came to perceived parity in pay, twice as many women (44%) felt that equally capable men and women were not rewarded on a like for like basis.
Alistair Cox, CEO of Hays, said: “It is a worrying reality that so few women aspire to reach the most senior roles in their organisation.
“The fact that their career ambitions are being cut short is particularly concerning, given that women are very ambitious when it comes to manager and director roles.
“There needs to be better support from all sides around gender diversity in order to encourage women to reach the top.”
Currently, women currently constitute only 25 of the 267 executive directors in the FTSE 100 (9%), while in the FTSE 250, women are even less well represented, making up just 5% of executives.
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