glass ceiling
Introduction The term the “Glass Ceiling” was first used in 1986, when two Wall Street reporters coined the phrase to describe an invisible artificial barrier, in which woman are denied the opportunity to advance to higher levels of executive management within corporations in North America (Corsun, 2001). ... Successful steps in breaking through the glass ceiling will also be discussed. ... When assessing barriers, 27% of the women surveyed were prone to name being a female as a barrier, while 92% of women believe that there was a glass ceiling on woman executives. ... For woman to be able to break through the glass ceiling successfully, CEO’s of organizations have to be aware that time alone is not the answer to breaking through organizational barriers. ... This invisible barrier termed “the glass ceiling” is gradually becoming less visible.