Sunday, March 20, 2011

http://www.fmwf.com/media-type/news/2011/02/women-in-the-boardroom-the-glass-ceiling-or-the-sticky-floor/

After reading chapter 13, "Women and Leadership," and the article "Women in the boardroom: the Glass Ceiling, or the Sticky Feet I was able to make a few connections, and found some interesting information. The book explains how many women are less likely to hold a leadership role that is as effective as a males. This may be true due to a woman's want to maintain peace and show they care while the leader role has been masculinized making it more difficult for women to get the job done. Data shows that women in leadership roles tend to be more participative rather than delegating and more motivating like men have shown.
This ties to the attached article, because although women are feeling like they are being discriminated against, some studies show otherwise. Leadership roles that have been lead by women have usually failed. On occasion a good leadership job is maintained by a woman. However, the article talks about how although women may do a good job at their job, because they don't focus on politics and world events, they tend to miss important chances at taking risks and ultimately, making decisions that are right for the company's future. The article says this "It might not be the glass ceiling, but the sticky floor’ that is partly to blame." The sticky floor pertains to women who are not interested in becoming leaders because they want to also have a family and not be married to their jobs. This situation can be looked at in two different ways. So I ask you: is the glass half empty, or half full? Would you say there is a glass ceiling, or a sticky floor?

1 comment:

  1. I would say that there is more of a sticky floor than a glass ceiling. I think that women are capable of achieving top executive roles but, like you mentioned, they still feel a stronger pull from their role in the home. I would be curious to see any statistics that show the percentage of women executives that are married and have children. I think that if that percentage is extremely low, that it would support the "sticky floor" view as well.

    Posted by: Tara Kaeb

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