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Glass Ceiling or Iron Cage: Women in UK Academia
Author(s) -
Morley Louise
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.1994.tb00018.x
Subject(s) - glass ceiling , workforce , ceiling (cloud) , consciousness , position (finance) , representation (politics) , gender studies , sociology , political science , psychology , engineering , business , law , structural engineering , finance , neuroscience , politics
This paper reviews some of the literature on women's position in the academic workforce in the UK, and considers an informal study conducted by the author of 12 women academics. A central consideration is the relationship between women's quantitative under‐representation in the academy and women academics' self‐concept and consciousness of their own abilities.