The glass ceiling in human resources: Exploring the link between women's representation in management and the practices of strategic human resource management and employee involvement

Human Resource Management - Tập 47 Số 3 - Trang 463-479 - 2008
Shaun Pichler1, Patricia Simpson2, Linda K. Stroh3
1School of Labor & Industrial Relations, Michigan State University
2School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago
3Graduate School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

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AbstractResearch on sex stereotypes suggests that gender bias is an invisible barrier—the so‐called glass ceiling—preventing women from breaking into the highest levels of management in business organizations. Using data from a state‐based professional HR organization, we investigated this phenomenon in the field of HR management. Building on the lack of fit model of gender discrimination and previous research, we tested two hypotheses: that women in HR are more likely to be concentrated in lower‐level managerial positions in organizations that emphasize employee involvement (because of a related emphasis on stereotypically feminine managerial abilities) and that women in HR also are more likely to be concentrated in lower‐level managerial positions in organizations that emphasize strategic human resource management (because of a related emphasis on stereotypically masculine characteristics). Our results support the first but not the second hypothesis. Theoretical and practical implications related to the glass ceiling are discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Human Resource Management

Tập 47 Số 3

463-479

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