Women may be treated with particular respect by French men in both business and social situations; this is meant as an honor. Nevertheless, women do struggle in France to reach the same levels of achievement as their male counterparts in French business and it is rare (though not impossible) to see women at the highest levels of business and government in France.

Privacy and individual accomplishment of one’s tasks are critical; workers provide what their bosses expect of them, and plans, methods and reports can be time-consuming, thorough and complicated efforts toward perfection. All of this occurs in a formal and sometimes very rigid hierarchical structure, which means that time, deadlines and efficiency, while important, are secondary to attention to detail, rigorous logic and perfection of form.

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