TY  - JOUR
TT  - WOMEN WORKFORCE LOOKING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING
AU  - Sarıçiçek, Reyhan
AU  - Çopuroğlu, Filiz
AU  - Aytekin, Mehmet
PY  - 2017
DA  - April
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.309678
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 214
EP  - 222
VL  - 3
IS  - 7
KW  - Glass Ceiling Syndrome
KW  - Female Managers
KW  - Gender in Work Life
KW  - Gender Discrimination
N2  - Women have begun to take part in business lifeintensively in the last century. However, despite the rapid rise in the numberof women in business world, the proportion of women among senior managers andleaders has been very low. Research on the subject demonstrates that women facedifficulties called ‘Glass Ceiling’, which cannot be seen apparently and at thesame time which is hard to overcome in order to reach the senior executivepositions. Glass ceiling refers to the difficulties that take place betweenwomen and the top management which do not allow them to move along their careerregardless of their success and skills. There have been many theories about whywomen are underrepresented in senior management positions. If gathered underthree headings, these are: Bias-centred, person-centred, and structural-centredtheories. Bias-centred theories consider that the fundamental causes ofinequalities are discrimination, stereotyping and prejudice by the greater partof the society or dominant group. Person-centred theories accept thatdifferences in men's and women's personal characteristics and behaviour causewomen to be unsuccessful at management positions. Structural-centred theoriessuppose that the main causes of inequality are the structural policies andcustoms of a social system, thus social structure dominated by men raise thediscrimination against women.In this paper ‘Glass Ceiling Syndrome’ has beenresearched, the related literature on the subject has been investigated and theresults were tried to be tested by a field survey. Within the scope of thestudy, a questionnaire was developed to determine the perception and attitudesof women who are working in a research hospital in Izmir on "Glass CeilingSyndrome”. The glass ceiling was analysed at nine dimensions in thequestionnaire; these are: barriers stemming from top management, negativeprejudices against women, family life, sex discrimination, women’s rise intheir career, organizational culture and politics, informal communicationnetworks, mentoring and occupational discrimination. Researchhas shown that women are uncomfortable with prejudices about themselves and nowthey are ready for senior management positions. Women have been also moreconscious day by day and they have been trying to break the glass ceiling whichis like a barrier on their career. Eventually it can be said that the increasein educational and cultural level of the society will be the main factor onbreaking the glass ceiling.
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