... to examine these factors and introduce how they inhibit women from leadership success. Design/methodology/approach This research examined the glass ceiling effects Ethiopian women leaders face. This research focused on adjusted clusters and a survey of 446 female employees from zones, woreda and kebeles...

... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Discrimination Glass ceilings Career development Gender stereotypes Maternity leave East Germany Germany is considered a prime example of a conservative...

... to conform to an organization’s executive leadership culture is enormous. Executive women in strongly male-normed executive leadership contexts must exercise strong gendered self-constraint to break through the glass ceiling. Women in strongly male-normed contexts using lessened gendered self-constraint may...

... and this results in minimising their chances of breaking the glass ceiling and progressing to the top of the organisational ladder. Originality/value The research focuses on the impediments women in Cyprus are faced with in their attempt to network. There is no previous research on this subject in Cyprus...

... panel of “glass ceiling” in their progression. Gender Glass ceilings Respectable femininity Civil Superior Services (CSS) Pakistan was selected as the population of the study, being the largest public sector organization comprising 12 occupational groups (Appendix) and covering almost...

... 08 07 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Careers Glass ceilings Stereotypes This paper reports the findings of a research study undertaken to investigate women’s career development. The aim...

..., which may impede the progress made by women who have moved above the glass ceiling. Figure 2. Share of women CEOs in Fortune 500 This slow progress by women to the top positions is surprising, given a number of arguments and evidence provided by many researchers that women possess many...

... the opinions and perceptions of Irish accounting professionals on their career progression, gender-related barriers and obstacles, the “glass ceiling”, networking and flexible work arrangements. The sample of respondents reflected the diversity of accounting disciplines and gender divide in the wider...

... Limited 2014 Gender stereotypes Equality Glass ceilings Sex and gender issues Gender discrimination Employee/employer attitudes Male norm system Gender strategies Male-dominated workplaces Women who work in male-dominated workplaces often have worse mental health than women...

... development and mentoring programme was specifically designed to aid female mental health participants in their attempts to break the glass ceiling, which can be apparent within senior levels of the UK National Health Service. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a career development and mentoring...

...@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Women Boards of directors Brazil Glass ceilings Gender Since the changes in the US labor market in the early 1970s, researchers have found an increased rate of growth of employment of women in the labor market (Schreiber et al...

...Paul Smith; Peter Caputi; Nadia Crittenden Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review many of the diverse metaphors and labels that are used to highlight insights into glass ceilings – the obstacles hindering women reaching the top levels of organizations. Design/methodology/approach...

...Paul Smith; Nadia Crittenden; Peter Caputi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a new measure called the Career Pathways Survey (CPS) which allows quantitative comparisons of women's beliefs about glass ceilings. Design/methodology/approach A 34‐item version of the CPS was completed...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Women directors Glass ceilings Career development Banking Meritocracy is a system of government or organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities given based on demonstrated talent and ability (merit), rather than wealth, family connections, class...

... of gender, age and time in life with career progression and their combined impact on the glass ceiling phenomenon. Findings The interviews revealed that the perception of glass ceiling barriers faced by women differed depending on where they were in their career cycle. They were revealed as the “long...

... and contributes to their under‐representation at top management level. Originality/value The study highlights the effect of the family‐work dilemma on the formation of the glass ceiling women managers are confronting in public organizations in Sudan. Samia Kargwell can be contacted at: kargwell65...

...). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Career development Glass ceilings Women executives Oil industry Malaysia It is observed that women have been in the labour market in most developed and developing countries for more than 20 years, while the estimate of women in senior...

...Adelina Broadbridge; Birgit Weyer Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a theoretical explanation for the persistence of the glass ceiling keeping women from assuming leadership positions. Design/methodology/approach The methodological approach of this paper is to compare...

...D. Jamali; A. Safieddine; M. Daouk Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the salience of glass ceiling type barriers in the Lebanese banking sector, based on the perceptions of a sample of Lebanese top and middle level women managers. Design/methodology/approach Literature review...

.... Originality/value This study contributes to understanding of the role of work life experiences in women's work satisfaction and psychological well‐being. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 – Women executives Careers Career satisfaction Banks Turkey Glass ceilings Several factors...