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A glass ceiling is a metaphor usually applied to women, used to represent an invisible barrier that prevents a given demographic from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. [1] The metaphor was first used by feminists in reference to barriers in the careers of high-achieving women.
The glass cliff is a hypothesized phenomenon in which women are more likely to break the "glass ceiling" (i.e. achieve leadership roles in business and government) during periods of crisis or downturn when the risk of failure is highest.
Dr. Buzzanell began publishing in 1991, covering such topics as feminist organizational communication theory, reframing the glass ceiling as a socially constructed process, and researching leadership processes in alternative organizations.
The inability to pierce the glass ceiling or enact policy change led to champions of a different strain of feminist thinking becoming the dominant voices in the conversation surrounding women's ...
Marilyn Loden (July 12, 1946 – August 6, 2022) was an American writer, management consultant, and diversity advocate. Loden is credited with coining the term "glass ceiling", during a 1978 speech.
Mace said that her position was a feminist one. "I have fought like hell for women's rights. ... this year, I became the first woman to break the glass ceiling and graduate from a military college ...
Before she was thirty, she began a feminist magazine, New Dawn, and continued making new publications thereafter; she was a founding editor of Working Woman and author of The Working Woman Report/Succeeding in Business in the 80's. [2] She is credited with popularizing the "glass ceiling" concept. [1]
The "glass ceiling" is the relative absence of women in senior or managerial positions due to institutional barriers and norms. Even in female-dominated occupations, men often occupy the more skilled and better paid positions.