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- Glass Ceiling Less of a Barrier in the Developing World
- This weekend the third annual Women's Forum for the Economy and Society was held in France. At the event PricewaterhouseCoopers presented the results of its study of women in the workplace across eight countries, including several European countries, China and India. The surprising results are reported in the Guardian today:...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Glass Ceiling? Look Out for the Glass Cliff!
- The Find: Recent resignations of women in top leadership positions have one economist wondering if the executive positions given to women are more precarious than those entrusted to their male counterparts or, to put it another way, whether many professional women aren't standing on the edge of a...
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Will the Financial Crisis Reinforce the Glass Ceiling?
- The Find: A survey of the impact of the financial crisis on women's careers indicates that many believe the turmoil in the economy will end up reinforcing the glass ceiling, at least in the UK. The Source: A recent survey of more than 1,000 workers in the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
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- Glass Ceiling? Look Out for the Glass Cliff!
- Glass Ceiling? Look Out for the Glass Cliff!RE: Glass Ceiling? Look Out for the Glass Cliff!Not every woman who has the opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling will. However, the ones who do are confident in their abilities and are able to execute their goals and objectives. They achieve growth,...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Shattering the Glass Ceiling.(Mary Kay Haben, executive vice president of Kraft Foods)
- The subject of my speech is "Shattering the Glass Ceiling"--a topic I'm delighted to talk about, because I strongly believe that it can be done. And I say that because I work for a company that has already done it! The subject...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- Starting Their Own Businesses: Women Find Ways around Glass Ceiling.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--Jun. 10--Women have found a new way to break through the glass ceiling: Start their own businesses. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Jun. 10--Women have found a new way to break through the glass ceiling: Start their own businesses.
- Research articles 1996-06-10
- It's time to "do the right thing"; concerned groups chip away at the glass ceiling in efforts to diversify upper management. (EDN-career watch)
- Concerned groups chip away at the glass ceiling in efforts to diversify upper management It's time for the next leg of the ongoing journey toward workplace diversity. Although minority and women engineers have penetrated most areas of the electronics industry over...
- Research articles 1992-06-08
- Breaking the glass ceiling: minority women gain primetime roles at cable networks. (Special Report: Diversity in Cable).(Brief Article)
- If one were to examine the majority of executives at the head of the major basic and pay cable networks, one distinguishing characteristic would be hard to ignore: Most are white and male. Breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling into the ...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- Corporate Mentoring: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
- What is most surprising is that if the ranks of middle management is examined, the numbers of women and minorities are at an all time high. In most consumer product companies, women represent the predominant group in their marketing department and virtually every company has some form of aggressive minority...
- White papers
- Has the 'Glass Ceiling' Cracked?: An Exploration of Women Entrepreneurship
- Many women are saying goodbye to the corporate worm in favor of creating their own through entrepreneurship. This paper explores some of the reasons why women in today's workforce change from the rise on the corporate ladder path to the worm of entrepreneurship. Issues such as job stress and one...
- White papers
- The Perception of the Glass Ceiling in High Technology Companies
- There has been increasing concern that gender bias has prevented women from advancing as rapidly and as frequently as men into management positions. Although the number of women managers has increased, they may experience difficulty moving into upper management positions. The purpose of the research presented in this paper was...
- White papers
- Clinton battered, but did not break highest glass ceiling
- WASHINGTON AFP — Hillary Clinton fell short of political immortality in her quest to be the first woman president, but she is relishing the "18 million cracks" she punched in America's highest glass ceiling. As she shelved her campaign, and admitted defeat for her hopes for a return to...
- Research articles 2008-06-08
- B-School Buzz: No Loans for Internationals, Consumer Connections, Glass Ceiling Still Remains
- Stacy Blackman's Weekly Roundup of B-School Intelligence Economy dashes b-school dreams -- International students hoping to finance their MBAs at top schools such as Harvard, Wharton, Ross and Cornell through the now-defunct CitiAssist or Sallie Mae financial aid programs face mounting anxieties as no loan program has...
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Female Head of Menasha, Wis.-Based Banta Aims at 'Glass Ceiling'.
- By Avi Stern, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--Perhaps it's time to redefine the term "glass ceiling," suggests the president and chief executive officer of Banta Corp. "Let me propose we update the concept," Stephanie ...
- Research articles 2002-10-17
- Is There Still a Glass Ceiling for Women in Business?
- Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women has an impressive number of women business leaders. Still, in terms of breaking the glass ceiling, we're not there yet. Check out the list, the data, my anecdotal experience, and share your own. by Steve Tobak
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Women higher ed power hitters: these leaders are breaking through the glass ceiling in the ivory tower of academia
- At first, it was almost imperceptible, that gut feeling that something had changed in the rarefied atmosphere of higher ed leadership circles. Indeed, as we travel across the nation speaking about our new book, Presidential Transition in Higher Education, we more frequently encounter women CEOs as the designated hitters in...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Women Face Less of a Ceiling, More of a Labyrinth
- A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers recently found that women in the developing world find it easier to crack the glass ceiling than their counterparts in the west. It's an interesting finding, but is the metaphor of the glass ceiling an accurate way to describe the barriers that keep the proportion of...
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Glass-aided design.(News)(Brief Article)
- Byline: MIKE SUTTON Design students from Detroit's College for Creative Studies pushed the glass ceiling-and windows and walls-as part of a contest to integrate glass into the practical and structural design of alternative-fuel vehicles. PPG sponsored the competition to show how glass can...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Charleston, S.C., Glass Company Gets Regional Recognition.
- By Charles Williams, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 5--There's no such thing as a glass ceiling for Paul Heinauer's business. Windshields, however, are another matter. In a little more than six years,...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- Collins shatters space ceiling
- Thirty years to the day after Neil Armstrong made one small step for man, Eileen Collins was scheduled to make one giant leap for womankind. She was delayed. It wasn't the first time. After several "scrubbed" attempts Collins finally ascended into the heavens on July 23 as the first female...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
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