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| Author: | Liff, S. Ward, K. |
| Title: | Distorted views through the glass ceiling: The construction of women's understandings of promotion and senior management positions |
| Journal: | Gender, Work and Organization
2001 : JAN, VOL. 8:1, p.19-36 |
| Index terms: | MANAGERS PROMOTION WOMEN WORKERS BANKING EQUALITY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article explores the issue of whether women's under-representation in senior management positions can be explained in part by the messages they are given about the promotion process and the requirements of senior jobs. Through interviews with over 50 male and female junior and senior managers in a UK high street bank, issues relating tro the required personality and behaviour characteristics seen to be associated with success and with the long hours culture emerged as important. In many cases men and women identified the same issues but the significance of them for their own decision-making and the way others interpreted their behaviour varied - particularly in relation to the perceived incompatibility between active parenting and senior roles. |
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