The glass ceiling in the 21st century: understanding barriers to gender equality

By Manuela Barreto, Michelle K. Ryan, Michael T. Schmitt. 2009

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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Glass Cliff and Its Lessons for Organizational Policy (2014, background): “In the intervening decades a substantial body of research has documented a variety of subtle, and not so subtle, barriers that obstruct gender equality in the leadership arena (for overviews see Barreto et al., 2009; Bruckmüller, Ryan, Haslam, & Peters, 2013; Eagly & Carli, 2007).”
How Nice of Us and How Dumb of Me: The Effect of Exposure to Benevolent Sexism on Women’s Task and Relational Self-Descriptions (2010, background): “Women are still under-represented in the workforce, in the US as well as in Europe, and especially in high status and powerful positions (Barreto et al. 2009).”
Is Stereotype Threat a Useful Construct for Organizational Psychology Research and Practice? (2014, background): “Family-friendly policies are often directed at women (Sabattini & Crosby, 2009), as mothers are more likely than fathers to reduce their work hours and change their work schedule because of childcare concerns (Coltrane, 2000).”
A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings (2012, background): “However, the predominant position is that the most powerful and memorable image of the barriers preventing or hindering women in achieving promotions in their careers is provided by the glass ceiling metaphor (Barreto et al., 2009; Burke and Vinnicombe, 2005).”
Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students (2018, background): “These descriptive stereotypes also align with people’s prescriptive stereotypes regarding how women and men should behave (Barreto et al. 2009), resulting in negative impressions being formed of those who violate gender expectations (Connell 1995; Sibley”
How are women's glass ceiling beliefs related to career success? (2012, background): “The 38 items of the CPS represent beliefs about a wide variety of variables that considerable research has shown to be linked to women's career advancement (Barreto et al., 2009; Eagly and Carli, 2007; Powell, 2012).”