Knowra Glass ceiling Glass ceiling The glass ceiling is an unseen barrier that limits women and other groups from advancing into senior positions, despite formal access to jobs and promotion systems.
Workplace discrimination : Unfair treatment in employment based on characteristics such as sex, race, age, or disability. Unequal hiring, evaluation, and promotion practices can create the barrier.
Gender pay gap : The difference in average earnings between women and men. Unequal access to senior, higher-paid roles contributes to earnings differences.
Sticky floor : A pattern that keeps workers in low-paid, low-mobility jobs near the bottom of an occupational hierarchy. It describes barriers at the bottom of the career ladder rather than near its top.
Marilyn Loden : An American management consultant who popularized the phrase “glass ceiling” in the 1970s. Her use of the phrase helped name barriers to women's advancement.
Glass ceiling index : A comparative measure of gender equality in work, pay, and political representation. It offers a cross-national way to compare conditions associated with the barrier.
Implicit bias : Automatic associations that influence judgments and behavior without conscious intent. Unconscious assumptions can shape assessments of leadership potential.
Leadership diversity : The representation of different social groups among people in leadership roles. The glass ceiling limits who is represented at the top.
Glass cliff : The tendency for women or minority leaders to be appointed to precarious positions during crises. It concerns the risks of attaining leadership, not the barrier to reaching it.
Wall Street Journal : An American business newspaper founded in 1889. Its 1986 reporting helped bring the glass-ceiling metaphor into public discussion.
Pay transparency : The disclosure of salary information or pay-setting rules within an organization or across a labor market. Transparency can expose disparities linked to rank and advancement.
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