Journal article
Hierarchical Rank and Women's Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings in Corporate Law FirmsHierarchical Rank and Women's Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings in Corporate Law Firms
AJS: American Journal of Sociology, Vol.114, pp.1428-1474
03/2009
Abstract
This article revives the debate over whether women's upward mobility prospects decline as they climb organizational hierarchies. Although this proposition is a core element of the "glass ceiling" metaphor, it has failed to gain strong support in previous research. The article establishes a firm theoretical foundation for expecting an increasing female disadvantage, with an eye toward defining the scope conditions and extending the model to upper-level external hires. The approach is illustrated in an empirical setting that meets the proposed scope conditions: corporate law firm in the United States. Results confirm that in this setting, the female mobility disadvantage is greater at higher organizational levels in the case of internal promotions, but not in the case of external hires.
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- Title
- Hierarchical Rank and Women's Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings in Corporate Law FirmsHierarchical Rank and Women's Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings in Corporate Law Firms
- Creators
- Julie A KmecElizabeth H Gorman
- Publication Details
- AJS: American Journal of Sociology, Vol.114, pp.1428-1474
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Identifiers
- 99900669211701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article