TY  - JOUR
AB  - Women′s progress up the corporate ladder is still limited by a
“glass ceiling” despite the myriad of Government policies
and programmes which have been introduced to ensure that their talents
and skills are recognised. Reviews the reasons for this existence of the
“glass ceiling” and the role managerial women may have
played (consciously or unconsciously) in sustaining it by having
inappropriate qualifications and experience for the top positions. Women
can help themselves to overcome this career hurdle by: acquiring
appropriate business skills and know how; taking up line‐management
positions rather than management service roles; gaining the necessary
experience through “apprenticeship” and “acting
positions”; seeking career counselling; volunteering for
leadership and executive positions; and acquiring the ability to measure
their operating effectiveness in the workplace. Women also need to be
aware of the emergence of new barriers to their progress. The current
socio‐economic situation is creating different “glass
ceilings” in the form of the downsizing of organizations, new
differentiated and self‐directed career paths, the advent of the
contractual worker, and the care of aged parents.
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SN  - 0964-9425
DO  - 10.1108/09649429210016124
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09649429210016124
AU  - Still Leonie V.
PY  - 1992
Y1  - 1992/01/01
TI  - BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
T2  - Women in Management Review
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -