This document discusses the glass ceiling phenomenon, which is an invisible barrier that prevents qualified women and minorities from advancing to senior level management positions. It outlines the corporate pyramid structure and reasons for the glass ceiling's existence in the late 1970s-1980s, when women lacked experience. Feminist groups debated its existence and attributed causes to gender roles, stereotypes, hiring practices, and harassment. While glass can be shattered with hard effort, these barriers still negatively impact career advancement.
This document discusses the glass ceiling phenomenon, which is an invisible barrier that prevents qualified women and minorities from advancing to senior level management positions. It outlines the corporate pyramid structure and reasons for the glass ceiling's existence in the late 1970s-1980s, when women lacked experience. Feminist groups debated its existence and attributed causes to gender roles, stereotypes, hiring practices, and harassment. While glass can be shattered with hard effort, these barriers still negatively impact career advancement.
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This document discusses the glass ceiling phenomenon, which is an invisible barrier that prevents qualified women and minorities from advancing to senior level management positions. It outlines the corporate pyramid structure and reasons for the glass ceiling's existence in the late 1970s-1980s, when women lacked experience. Feminist groups debated its existence and attributed causes to gender roles, stereotypes, hiring practices, and harassment. While glass can be shattered with hard effort, these barriers still negatively impact career advancement.
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What is the ‘Glass Ceiling’? • An artificial barrier
• Based on attitudinal or organizational bias
• Prevents qualified women/ other minorities
from advancing upward into senior management level positions The Corporate Pyramid
CEO Exec.V.P. Sr. V.P V.P. Director Manager
Supervisor Floor Worker
Reasons for the Glass Ceiling LATE 1970s – EARLY 1980s MID – LATE 1980’s Women lacked required • Trends started changing experience and skills • More women took up higher education in management • Looked for careers in operating areas
They were restricted
to clerical and other support The debate over the existence services jobs of the Glass Ceiling began Opinions of Feminist Groups ◙ Job Segregation ◙ Sexual Harassment
◙ ‘Old Boy’ network ◙ Male dominated
management ◙ Sex discrimination ◙ Men’s attitudes towards ◙ Absence of strict anti- problems faced by discrimination laws women The causes of this phenomenon are attributed to • Perception of gender roles • Gender Stereotypes (Prejudices) • Hiring practices • Role expectation ,Role ambiguity ,Role juggling,Role conflict • Less emotional stability of women • Sexual harassment at workplace
• Uneven work force composition
“Those who complain about glass ceilings should keep in mind that glass can be shattered if one strikes it hard enough, and long enough”