Sex discrimination and product market competition.
The sticky floor beneath the glass ceiling.
Thereby this phenomenon is related to gender differentials at the bottom of the wage distribution.
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We hold commissions think tanks inquiries and productivity studies we talk a lot of talk and argue bitterly about the issues we face and yet the fact is this.
It s not the glass ceiling it s the sticky floor.
The title of the original working paper of 1998 was glass ceiling or sticky floors and the abstract expressed the authors surprise that women were more likely to be promoted than men though that difference disappeared when more information about the individuals was taken into account.
Ashenfelter orley and timothy hannan.
It s not the glass ceiling it s the sticky floor.
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The glass ceiling and the sticky floor must be demolished to create a more equitable workplace christian sci.
Hold those stones let me explain what i mean first.
The terms glass ceilings and sticky floors both refer to the experience of women in the labour market.
Sticky floors are our self limiting beliefs assumptions and sabotaging behaviours that undermine not only our own ability but that of other women to achieve their career goals and maximise the value we can bring to our teams and organisations.
More specifically they refer to the situation whereby women are not promoted in line with their male counterparts and where women s wages are significantly less than men s even though they may be doing jobs of equal value.
Are women and minorities blocked from the executive suite cq researcher 3 o 29 93 pp.
Challenges with work life balance letting perfectionism get in the way waiting for hard work to be recognized rather than taking control of your own destiny.
None of the examples utilized in the book resonated with me.
For a more in depth analysis of the sticky floor metaphor see karen nussbaum removing barriers for working women.
Although some argue that this situation is changing and that women are closing the gap there is still a significant difference between the male and female experience.
Rebecca shambuagh author of it s not a glass ceiling it s a sticky floor identifies seven factors that create a sticky floor and that get in the way for women.
Glass ceiling survival essence 22 may 91 pp.
The infamous glass ceiling is still firmly in place.
For women in leadership roles in australia the constant battle to unglue our feet from that sticky floor of workplace inequality can get incredibly tiring.
Women have control and are in many ways to blame not for the imaginary glass ceiling but the sticky floor.
Sticky floors can be described as the pattern that women are compared to men less likely to start to climb the job ladder.
