Glass Roof Sociology

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Glass roof sociology.

Glass ceiling means an invisible upper limit in corporations and other organizations above which it is difficult or impossible for women to rise in the ranks. Glass ceiling is a metaphor for the hard to see informal barriers that keep women from getting promotions pay raises and further opportunities. Ecosystems the mechanisms plants animals and microorganisms that supply people with the essentials of life. It represents a barrier preventing a woman or minority from moving to a position that has a promotional ladder.

1 the metaphor was first coined by feminists in reference to barriers in the careers of high achieving women. 1987 gave new insight to the issues women face in their journey through the executive positions of the corporate organizations. A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic typically applied to minorities from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The glass ceiling refers to a metaphorical barrier blocking a woman or minority who is in a position within a company to move up.

In 1990 the concept of glass ceiling pervaded the literature to describe the paucity of women heading public and private sector organizations maume 2004. When gases accumulate in earth s atmosphere and act like the glass roof of a greenhouse allowing sunlight in but trapping the heat that is generated.