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Definition of Glass ceiling
1. Noun. A ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions.
Definition of Glass ceiling
1. Noun. An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression for a member of a specific demographic group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Glass ceiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
""The glass ceiling" Women with their eye on top management positions in larger
corporations often find their male colleagues have more credibility with the ..."
2. Women and Equality: A California Review of Women's Equity Issues in Civil by Kate Sproul (2000)
"The glass ceiling Right about when the feud over comparable worth died down, ...
The term "glass ceiling" was first coined in a Wall Street Journal column ..."
3. The Organization, Construction and Management of Hospitals: With Numerous by Albert John Ochsner, Meyer Joseph Sturm (1907)
"These are suspended above the glass ceiling from rollers running on slightly
inclined bars, so that they can be drawn into a position above the operating ..."
4. Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in by National Academy of Sciences (U.S., National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S. (2006)
"Women are opting out of a field that offers them a far less certain career
path (due to glass-ceiling bias, described below), along with a high probability ..."
5. The Musical World (1871)
"This latter fact led us to anticipate the verification of the opinion of Colonel
Scott, that the cause of the echo was the glass ceiling. ..."
6. California and Affirmative Action: Hearing Before the Committee on the by United States. (1999)
""They will find that, when they enter the workforce, they may run into the same
glass ceiling their parents and grandparents are running ..."
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