SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glass Ceiling, Social Capital, Escalator
Document Summary
Trends in women as senior managers and other managers. The two promotion models & how they affect women. The glass ceiling effect and its causes. Organizational causes of lower female promotion rates. P. 51-56 promotion - terms: opportunity structure (end note in chapter), social capital (4 kinds of capital), sticky floor phenomenon, glass escalator; Opportunity structure - the relationship of management positions in an institution which make occupants of one position natural candidates for promotion to another position. Stick floor phenomenon - women are often stuck at bottom of a pay scale for the new promotion grade, and that they stay there because they have few favourable, outside offers of employment. Social capital - investment in personal relationships that enhance one"s opportunities. P. 57-59: systemic discrimination - something in the system theres a hole thats leading to discrimination. What can organizations do? text is not clear, it talks about what companies should do but not what they can.
