...Humeyra Nur Altinok; Fatma Küskü Purpose Throughout their careers, women face numerous inequalities along the path from the sticky floor to the glass ceiling. This study aims to examine historically how the macro-level dynamics (social, political and economic) that cause these inequalities...

...Özden Özlü Purpose This study aims to examine how corporations construct gender equality as a strategic discourse while simultaneously reproducing barriers that restrict women’s access to senior leadership positions, commonly defined as the glass ceiling. It explores how equality-oriented language...

... factors affecting women’s leadership. Also, mitigation strategies for glass ceiling are discussed. Practical implications The study outlines barriers to women’s progression and proposes corresponding mitigation strategies. At the individual level, the study advocated for targeted skill development...

...Nina Wilén; Nina Soudan Purpose Traditional patriarchal structures and cultural practices continue to exclude, dominate and marginalize women in West African societies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the question of how a small minority of women in Niger manages to break the glass ceiling...

... ceiling comprising socio-cultural barriers, organizational culture barriers, organizational climate related barriers, role conflict and personality related barriers. It thus implies that the glass ceiling is a multifaceted problem for female IT professionals in India. It was also found...

...Dennis Gabriel Pepple; Raphael Oseghale; Eleanor Nmecha Purpose This study aims to examine senior male employees’ perspectives on the glass ceiling in the Nigerian banking sector. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected qualitatively using interviews with 43 senior male employees...

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... Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Board of directors Glass ceiling Director compensation Female directors Gender wage gap (GWG) The gender wage gap (GWG) has been a persistent issue in the workplace for decades (Aavik et al., 2023 ; Maoret...

... with the pertinent literature (Braun and Clarke, 2006). Thus, an interview schedule was developed using the literature review on women in national security and the glass ceiling. A semi-structured interview guide helped in collecting the primary data through interviewing. Interviewing helped to listen...

... Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Career progression Career pathways survey Glass ceiling India United Arab Emirates Female students acceptance (7 items with one on a reverse score); denial (10 items with 2 reverse scoring items...

... questions, 3 interval scale questions (Likert scale) and 4 ordinal scale questions (rank). Role models Women leadership Sports management Glass ceiling Gender-opportunity The under-representation of female leaders within the sporting context has recently received considerable academic...

... Gender Football Women #MeToo Glass ceiling Management positions In the fall of 2017, the phenomenon known as #MeToo became a global topic. However, the movement itself was actually created a decade before by Tarana Burke with the mission to help victims of sexual harassment and assault...

... aspirations. Gendered work and career choices of women influence how, where and if they enter male-dominated careers and onboard into leadership positions. Women Sex differences Occupational self-efficacy Work engagement Career aspirations Glass ceiling Workforce Only 5.4 per cent of Fortune...

...Wessam Khedr Purpose This paper explores gendered beliefs about the Glass Ceiling (GC) using a new measure, the “Career Pathway Survey” CPS, in an under-researched country, Egypt. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 438 employees in Egypt. Participants completed the CPS...

...Risper Enid Kiaye; Anesh Maniraj Singh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the glass ceiling exists in organisations located in Durban. The study specifically concentrated on the barriers to the upward mobility of women, based on constructs such as social roles, personal...

... components. We wish to lay the foundations for a theoretical approach to the analysis of gendered director networks based on advances in complex network theory. We term this the “glass network”, in analogy to the ubiquitous metaphor of the glass ceiling, which Baxter and Wright (2000, p. 71) suggest...

... Women Sexual discrimination Intergroup relations Affirmative action Glass ceiling There has been significant investment and relative success in developing a critical mass of women in middle management in the UK. However, the overall profile of the woman manager has changed little in the last...