Response to Baxter and Wright

Response to Baxter and Wright

Britton and Williams respond to an article by Janeen Baxter and Erik Olin Wright wherein Baxter and Wright concluded that the likelihood of women having less authority than men does not always worsen at the top of a hierarchy. Britton and Williams contest the meaning of the "glass ceiling"...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gender & society 2000-12, Vol.14 (6), p.804-808
Hauptverfasser: Britton, Dana M., Williams, Christine L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Corporations
Discrimination
Gender
Hierarchies
Methods
Occupational Mobility
Occupational Segregation
Sexism
Social classes
Symposium on Baxter and Wright's "The Glass Ceiling Hypothesis"
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Zusammenfassung:Britton and Williams respond to an article by Janeen Baxter and Erik Olin Wright wherein Baxter and Wright concluded that the likelihood of women having less authority than men does not always worsen at the top of a hierarchy. Britton and Williams contest the meaning of the "glass ceiling" phrase and express concern over the methodology employed.
ISSN:0891-2432
1552-3977
DOI:10.1177/089124300014006006