The Thickening Glass: Women’s Career Development at The Glass Ceiling

C.L. Edirisinghe and K.A.A.N. Thilakarathna
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C.L. Edirisinghe: Senior Lecturer, Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo
K.A.A.N. Thilakarathna: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 1, 619-628

Abstract: The study was designed by addressing the problem how the glass ceiling effect on career development of women in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. This study was structured based on the conceptual framework built up using the exiting literature related to glass ceiling and women career development. This study was conducted with the aim of obtaining the objectives of; to investigate factors affecting on glass ceiling, to investigate the current statues of women career development in apparel industry Sri Lanka, and to investigate the effect of glass ceiling on women career development in apparel industry Sri Lanka. This study was completed with a survey using a self-administered questionnaire. And the sample consisted of 100 female executives in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. For presenting and analysing the data both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The findings reveal that the glass veiling factors, and women career development have a positive relationship, and show that family, individual, organizational, and cultural factors have a significant effect on women career development. Following the results of the study, a conclusion was made that there are significant effects of the glass ceiling factors on women career development of executive female employees working in apparel industry Sri Lanka.

Date: 2023
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