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This research aims to explore barriers preventing women from reaching senior leadership roles, focusing on various metaphors used to describe these challenges.

April 20, 2023International Journal of Professional Business ReviewOpen Access

Glass Ceiling to Sticky Floor: Analogies of Women Leadership

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NSNidhi SrivastavaYakut Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture RNRishikesh Krishnaji Nalawade

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This qualitative study examines barriers to women in leadership, highlighting misconceptions among corporate leaders and their implications.

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This research aims to explore barriers preventing women from reaching senior leadership roles, focusing on various metaphors used to describe these challenges.
Reviewed metaphors like glass ceiling, glass cliff, queen bee, and sticky floor related to women in leadership.
Analyzed issues and challenges linked to women leadership from existing literature.
Emphasized the need for raising awareness among corporate leaders about these metaphors.
Found that corporate leaders often lack awareness of metaphors relating to women leadership, enhancing barriers.
Identified reluctance among leaders to address and overcome barriers faced by women in workplaces.
Highlighted the significance of gender discrimination starting from birth and persisting throughout life in contexts like India.

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Srivastava et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09eba8a9b5885644349812 https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i4.1300

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This qualitative study examines barriers to women in leadership, highlighting misconceptions among corporate leaders and their implications.

Glass Ceiling to Sticky Floor: Analogies of Women Leadership

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Glass Ceiling to Sticky Floor: Analogies of Women Leadership

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