A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings

Smith, Paul; Caputi, Peter; Crittenden, Nadia

doi:10.1108/17542411211273432

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“…The numbers above show that the promised progression through the ‘pipeline’ has not taken effect, a more accurate metaphor is of a leaking pipeline (Alper, ). While multiple descriptive metaphors of similar phenomena have been evoked in gendered organizational research (Bendl and Schmidt, ; Smith et al , ), there is a need for concepts with greater explanatory power than metaphors alone.…”

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confidence: 99%

Women's Career Progression in Law Firms: Views from the Top, Views From Below

Pringle¹,

Harris²,

Ravenswood³

et al. 2017

Gender, Work & Organization

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Law continues to be an attractive career path for women. Yet evidence shows that women's careers in law stagnate with proportionally small numbers of women progressing up the hierarchy from law graduate to partner. In this study we investigated how gendering and class processes impact on women's career progression. A major contribution is that we explored the heterogeneous views held by women below and above the partnership line, in Auckland's top law firms. Drawing on Acker's gendering processes (1990, 2006a) plus the accumulation of appropriate capitals needed to progress, we analysed 52 interview accounts. The women lawyers themselves were divided on how gendering and class processes impact on their career progression. Women partners accepted the hierarchical employment model of law and were confident in their role and place. Women below the partner line, while frustrated by the personal and professional requirements for success, did not demonstrate agency for change. In concluding, we reflect on the potential for change in the profession.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women's Career Progression in Law Firms: Views from the Top, Views From Below

Pringle¹,

Harris²,

Ravenswood³

et al. 2017

Gender, Work & Organization

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“…Evolutionary change occurs when metaphors are used over longer time spans during which their meaning is adjusted and negotiated, leading to slow change (cf. Smith, Caputi, & Crittenden, ). Revolutionary change, in contrast, occurs when new metaphors or alternative interpretations of extant metaphor are introduced at once to deal with sudden rapid developments (e.g., new technological developments, cf.…”

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“… Note : Examples based on the following sources: Microlevel: Glucksberg and McGlone (); mesolevel: Smith et al (); macrolevel: Musolff (, ).…”

Section: Examples Of How Metaphors Conceptualize Change Across Pace Omentioning

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“…When describing the history of the personal computer, Isaacson (2014) shows how Steve Jobs introduced the GUI of a "desktop" to the realm of personal computers. When Jobs first came across the idea in the early 1980s, he was enthused about ordering documents on a computer using the desktop metaphor with files that can be Note: Examples based on the following sources: Microlevel: Glucksberg and McGlone (1999); mesolevel: Smith et al (2012); macrolevel: Musolff (2000Musolff ( , 2006. stored into folders, a trash can, etc.…”

Section: Incremental Changementioning

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Conceptualizing Change in Communication Through Metaphor

Burgers

2016

J Commun

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Modeling communication patterns by individuals and organizations dealing with institutional and social change is an important challenge for communication scholars. Metaphors provide frames of thinking about societal topics. The ways metaphors change can thus reveal how conceptualizations of social topics change over time. Change occurs in two temporal paces: evolutionary (continuous) or revolutionary (discontinuous). Furthermore, change occurs in two ways: through incremental (meaning of extant metaphors change) or fundamental (old metaphors are replaced) transformation. I propose that studying shifts of metaphors can be used to model incremental and fundamental change in communication at both evolutionary and revolutionary pace. I describe how such shifts have been studied on the microlevel, mesolevel, and macrolevel through both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

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“…These two approaches eventually led to the development of the 'pipeline theory' and the 'glass ceiling effect'. While the pipeline theory is based on the view that women's progression to top management can be achieved as women gain more qualifications and work experience, the glass ceiling concept is focused on the obscure yet powerful forces that prevents capable and qualified women from reaching the top management positions (Eagly and Carli, 2007;Carceres-Rodriguez, 2011;Powell, 2012;Smith, Caputi and Crittenden, 2012).…”

Section: Diversity Management and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender, Mentoring and Social Capital in the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, UK

Seraj¹,

Tsouroufli²,

Βranine³

2015

International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Research PaperPurpose This chapter investigates the role of gender, mentoring and social capital and contributes to literature about the career development of women in senior management roles in the National Health Service of the UK. Design/methodology/approachThis chapter draws on a doctoral study of senior level managers in a Scottish NHS Board. The data collected are: i) documentary; ii) quantitative; and iii) qualitative. The quantitative data is collected through questionnaires, while the source of qualitative data is in-depth semistructured interviews. The doctoral study is embedded within an interpretivist and feminist paradigm. FindingsAlthough access to mentoring and social capital was seen as likely to enhance the career progression of females to senior managerial roles, gendered work and family expectations, gendered organisational culture, and normative performances of gendered senior management were identified as obstacles in taking advantages of mentoring and social capital. Research limitations/implicationsThe study provides a starting point for further investigation of the role of mentoring and social capital in the career progression of females all across the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Originality/value:To the best of our knowledge this is the only piece of work that explicitly investigates the role of mentoring and social capital in managing gender diversity at the senior managerial positions of the NHS. .

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A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings

Cited by 73 publications

References 61 publications

Women's Career Progression in Law Firms: Views from the Top, Views From Below

Women's Career Progression in Law Firms: Views from the Top, Views From Below

Conceptualizing Change in Communication Through Metaphor

Gender, Mentoring and Social Capital in the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, UK

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