| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Psychology of women book series |
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Psychology of women book series.
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| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Is the glass ceiling still relevant in the 21st century? / Manuela Barreto, Michelle K. Ryan, and Michael T. Schmitt -- I: Developments in workplace gender equality. Stereotypes about women, men, and leaders: Have times changed? / Alice H. Eagly and Sabine Sczesny -- Rose-colored glasses: how tokenism and comparisons with the past reduce the visibility of gender inequality / Michael T. Schmitt, Jennifer R. Spoor, Kelly Danaher, and Nyla R. Branscombe -- Warmth, competence, and ambivalent sexism: vertical assault and collateral damage / Mina Cikara and Susan T. Fiske -- II: Responses to subtle barriers women face. The self-fulfilling effects of contemporary sexism: how it affects women's well-being and behavior / Manuela Barreto, Naomi Ellemers, Sezgin Cihangir, and Katherine Stroebe -- The effects of gender stereotypes on women's career choice: opening the glass door / Shen Zhang, Toni Schmader, and Chad Forbes -- III: Gendered experience in the workplace. The stress of working on the edge: implications of glass cliffs for both women and organizations / Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam, Mette D. Hersby, Clara Kulich, and M. Dana Wilson-Kovacs -- Sexual harassment and the glass ceiling / Margaret S. Stockdale and Gargi Bhattacharya -- Ceilings and walls: work-life and "family-friendly" policies / Laura Sabattini and Faye J. Crosby -- IV: Solutions: advancing women's equality in the workplace. Cross-cultural connections: leveraging social networks for women's advancement / Laurie Hunt, Gina LaRoche, Stacy Blake-Beard, Eleanor Chin, Marisol Arroyave, and Maureen Scully -- Increasing the representation and status of women in employment: the effectiveness of affirmative action / Aarti Iyer -- Managing diversity in work groups: how identity processes affect diverse work groups / Floor Rink and Naomi Ellemers. |
| Summary |
"Since the term glass ceiling was first coined, women have made great progress in achieving leadership equality with men in the workplace. Despite this, women are still underrepresented in the upper echelons of organizations. In this volume, leading psychologists from the United States, Canada, and the European Union go beyond social commentary, anecdotal evidence, and raw statistics to explain and offer remedies, based on empirical evidence, for this persisting inequality. Subtle barriers to women's advancement to and success in leadership positions are a major focus; for example, women are regularly recruited for upper-level positions that are associated with a high risk of failure, and female managers are stereotyped as either competent or warm--but not both. Other obstacles associated with encountering or breaking through the glass ceiling include more nuanced forms of gender stereotyping, tokenism, and sexual harassment. The somewhat surprising effects of affirmative action and family-friendly policies are also examined. The editors and contributors to this volume offer a range of practical solutions at the level of the organization (e.g., affirmative action), the work group (e.g., diversity management), and the individual (e.g., cross-cultural networking). They offer women viable suggestions for making career choices and for thriving in the hard-won positions they have attained"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
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Sex discrimination in employment.
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Women executives -- Promotions.
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| Added Author |
Barreto, Manuela da Costa.
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Ryan, Michelle K.
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Schmitt, Michael T.
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| Added Title |
Glass ceiling in the twenty-first century |
| Other Form: |
Print version: The glass ceiling in the 21st century. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c2009 9781433804090 (OCoLC)229342153 |
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