Gendering the Workplace Injustice: Cliff or Prison

Abdulfattah Yaghi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_3286

Gendering the Workplace Injustice: Cliff or Prison

Abdulfattah Yaghi

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Glass Cliff refers to a metaphor that describes the difficulties which women in leadership may face before, during, and after they are hired. Glass cliff suggests that men put women in peculiar positions making it difficult for women to succeed. In spite of the legal and institutional developments that improved the workplace environment during the past 100 years, injustice inside organizations remains an undeniable reality that affects both men and women (Yaghi and Yaghi 2013). Workplace injustice is not limited to lower-level jobs, but men and women leaders (e.g., managers, CEOs, and directors) suffer from various forms of discriminatory treatment (Stivers 2002; Yaghi 2016a). Economic, social, political, psychological, personal, and organizational factors may amalgamate in such a way that makes it difficult for leaders to succeed in performing….

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Go.
Subtitle of host publication	With 294 Figures and 229 Tables
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	2355-2362
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209289
ISBN (Print)	9783319209272
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_3286
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Invisible barrier
Obstacles facing women, Male-Female workplace relationship
Role of gender in leadership

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Business,Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

UN SDGs

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