Underrepresentation of women at academic excellence and position of power: role of harassment and glass ceiling

Abstract: The study intends to comprehend the underrepresentation of women on positions of power and academic excellence in academia. The study explained the role of exploitation and harassment, which might hinder, when women were trying to climb to top hierarchical position. The majority of women supervised by male heads, sexual harassment could be used as a glass ceiling to hamper women to reach top hierarchal level. The majority participants were working on lower academic and administrative hierarchy; they were experiencing harassment throughout the hierarchical level. Similarly, they considered that harassment could contribute to the underrepresentation of women at academic excellence and a position of power

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Open Journal of Social Sciences ; 4 (2016) 2 ; 173-185

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2016
Urheber
Yousaf, Rizwana
Schmiede, Rudi

DOI
10.4236/jss.2016.42023
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51818-8
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Beteiligte

  • Yousaf, Rizwana
  • Schmiede, Rudi

Entstanden

  • 2016

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