The Sticky Floor Beneath The Glass Ceiling

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The sticky floor beneath the glass ceiling. 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. The sticky floor concept is as the name describes implying there is less of a glass ceiling than one may have thought previously but rather as a woman that i am somehow unknowingly sabotaging my own efforts to achieve that senior level position. None of the examples utilized in the book resonated with me. 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.

Free shipping on qualifying offers. In the literature on gender discrimination the concept of sticky floors complements the concept of a glass ceiling. Ashenfelter orley and timothy hannan. 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.

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. Hold those stones let me explain what i mean first. 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. The glass ceiling and the sticky floor must be demolished to create a more equitable workplace christian sci.

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. The terms glass ceilings and sticky floors both refer to the experience of women in the labour market. Women have control and are in many ways to blame not for the imaginary glass ceiling but the sticky floor. Thereby this phenomenon is related to gender differentials at the bottom of the wage distribution.

Laabs the sticky floor beneath the glass ceiling 72 personnel j. Sex discrimination and product market competition. Are women and minorities blocked from the executive suite cq researcher 3 o 29 93 pp. For a more in depth analysis of the sticky floor metaphor see karen nussbaum removing barriers for working women.

The infamous glass ceiling is still firmly in place. 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. It s not the glass ceiling it s the sticky floor. The case of the banking.

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.