Think crisis - think female? An evaluation of psychological and structural processes behind the glass cliff effect.

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: Kristy Wright
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제31집, 433~452쪽, 전체 19쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.06.30

영문 초록

This paper will examine the social and psychological processes underlying the glass cliff phenomenon.This describes the tendency to preferentially place female managers in positions that have an elevated likelihood of failure. It will put forward existing evidence within the literature to challenge the notion, put forward by Judge (2003), that women are placed in desirable leadership positions and are responsible for the subsequent downfall of the company, or that they voluntary elect to hold positions which are doomed to failure. Further evidence that the glass cliff exists due to various underlying processes will be provided by an interview with a senior academic from the University of Exeter who was placed in a glass cliff position herself. The paper discusses each proposed underlying process in turn and debates the merit of each, before concluding by offering a number of solutions to the problem.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Think Manager-Think Male

Ⅲ. Think Crisis-Think Female

Ⅳ. Women Considered to be More Expendable than Men

Ⅴ. Lack of Opportunities

Ⅵ. Hiring Female Leaders as a form of Corporate Strategy

Ⅶ. Conclusions

Works Cited

Abstract