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Underrepresentation of women at academic excellence and position of power: role of harassment and glass ceiling
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Abstract The study intends to comprehend the underrepresentation of women on positions of power and
academic excellence in academia. The study explained the role of exploitation and harassment,
which might hinder, when women were trying to climb to top hierarchical position. The majority
of women supervis... view more
The study intends to comprehend the underrepresentation of women on positions of power and
academic excellence in academia. The study explained the role of exploitation and harassment,
which might hinder, when women were trying to climb to top hierarchical position. The majority
of women supervised by male heads, sexual harassment could be used as a glass ceiling to hamper
women to reach top hierarchal level. The majority participants were working on lower academic
and administrative hierarchy; they were experiencing harassment throughout the hierarchical
level. Similarly, they considered that harassment could contribute to the underrepresentation of
women at academic excellence and a position of power.... view less
Keywords
women's employment; academic (female); discrimination; Pakistan; power; university; deprivation; inequality; executive position; career advancement; gender; stereotype; woman; sexual harassment; sociocultural factors; South Asia; gender-specific factors
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Labor Market Research
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Glass Ceiling
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 173-185
Journal
Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (2016) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2016.42023
ISSN
2327-5960
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed