Abstract
The need to break down the barriers facing women in the labour market arouses great interest for reasons of social and sustainability justice. This study breaks new ground on the topic of the “glass ceiling” by assessing the evolution of gender inequality in the proportion of individuals reaching high managerial positions. The application of the csQCA method to a survey of two cohorts of Spanish graduates in management sharing the same starting conditions reveals two factors: job variety and additional education, as conditions that are usually present in a successful managerial career. Our findings confirm the prevalence of the gender gap with little progress in recent years. Women find it more difficult to promote to high managerial positions whereas being a man turns out to almost be a guarantee for eluding low managerial positions. In the context of Spain, and for sure in most other countries, the few women attaining high managerial positions still need to make a greater effort in their professional career than their male counterparts.
Highlights
The term “glass ceiling” refers to the barriers that women face to obtaining executive positions
In Model 1, the outcome variable is that of professional success in management of the surveyed people
The five conditions are included in the model, which can be expressed as follows: Success = f (Gender, JobV, Link, Prom, AddTrain)
Summary
The term “glass ceiling” refers to the barriers that women face to obtaining executive positions. These barriers, which are often invisible, hinder many women with high qualifications and professional capacity from accessing the highest levels of leadership and responsibility in the same conditions as those of men. Development [1] adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as a proactive way to increase a sustainable economic growth. Beyond social and labour justice reasons, the promotion of women to executive positions would bring benefits to the management and competitiveness of organisations [2]
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