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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Glass ceiling"”.
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Investigating The Glass Ceiling: How Women In Top Media Management Shattered The Glass Ceiling
… and their attitudes toward factors of the glass ceiling to identify which factors they perceive as most important, those that remain prominent, and other factors that may have aided in their success. The glass ceiling is the “unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women …
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Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
Bias against female political candidates has been a hot-button issue, especially during and after the 2016 election, and the media is not exempt from being a part of the discussion. The overall question that this article proposes is whether there is a definitive bias against female political …
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Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Contemporary Inuit Drawing
The importance of the artists voice in art historical scholarship is essential as we emerge from post-colonial and feminist cultural theory and its impact on curation, art history, and visual culture. Inuit art has moved from its origins as an art representing an imaginary Canadian identity and a …
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Perceptions of the Glass Ceiling Effect in Community Colleges
… this study was to determine the existence of a glass ceiling effect within community colleges by examining faculty, staff and administrator's perceptions of a glass ceiling as it relates to the advancement of women at their institutions. This was done by using a cross-sectional survey …
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God's Glass Ceiling: Women's Education in Christian Fundamentalist Higher Education Institutions
Fundamentalists have historically held complex relationships with education and with women. This thesis examines the intersection of the three topics through a case study approach by looking at the education of women at fundamentalist institutions Bob Jones University, Liberty University, and …
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The Glass Ceiling: An Analysis of Women Working for Federal Agencies
… The paper begins with an explanation of the glass ceiling concept and key findings of the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission. This section is followed by a review of theories that explain why women are discriminated against and why it is important to have women working in public administrative …
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The 'glass-ceiling' phenomenon in the career development of successful academic women.
… reasons for women failing to break through the glass ceiling in the higher education setting. Some authors concentrate on the environmental factors that are having an effect on women. Others concentrate on the effects of patriarchal organisational structures. Fewer commentators make reference to …
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The glass ceiling effect in South African companies: An illusion or reality
… and discrimination in South Africa, the glass ceiling still inhibits the advancement of women to top positions in both the private and public sectors. The glass ceiling entails inherent and assimilated factors that contribute to barriers that limit women’s advancement in executive …
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The Glass Ceiling: Exploring the Leadership Journey of Men and Women in High-Tech
… ways some women have successfully challenged the glass ceiling. Participants were executive women (<em>n</em> = 5) and men (<em>n</em> = 5) in high tech. To allow discussions about gender inequity to emerge organically while still using interviewees’ time efficiently, data were generated using a …
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The Glass Ceiling is Not Broken: Gender Equity Issues among Faculty in Higher Education
<p>Gender discrimination is an ongoing topic, including discrimination that occurs in higher education. Previous studies have shown female faculty experience a variety of workplace discrimination including sexual harassment/bullying, salary disparities, and lack of worklife balance. This …
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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: How women attain tenure and career progression in stigmatized careers
The number of employees within the skilled trades in Canada is decreasing, partly due to the retirement of the aging workforce and decreasing incoming employees in the trades. There is also a stigma surrounding the skilled trades, which may cause these careers to be perceived as less attractive for …
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Germany and its obligation to equal leadership representation under CEDAW
CEDAW guarantees equal rights for men and women. Its member states are obliged to implement those rights through policies and legislation, to enact the overall goal of social and structural change. CEDAW and its Committee have not made clear whether that includes a right to equal representation of …
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Politics and the Glass Ceiling in American Law Enforcement: Why Not More Women Chiefs of Police?
… chiefs. Such under-representation reflects the "glass ceiling" effect of a gender-based metaphorical barrier that prevents women from rising to the top of an organization, regardless of qualifications. The research examined three questions: what are the issues and problems articulated by women …
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