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Mirella Visser
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Mirella Visser: Centre for Inclusive Leadership

Chapter Chapter 8 in The Female Leadership Paradox, 2011, pp 88-115 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Metaphors are powerful tools of communication. They connect expressive images with daily concepts or events. For far too long metaphors about women and leadership have been negative and victimizing. Coined in 1986 in the Wall Street Journal as a metaphor for the invisible barriers to career advancement women encounter, the ‘glass ceiling’ is still popular today. Based on the notion that gender stereotypes create a network of constraints and interpersonal reactions, it has inspired a host of glass barriers, from the glass cliff1 to glass borders and glass escalators,2 as explanations for the absence of women in top positions.3 Another catchphrase is that a host of obstacles prevent women from reaching the C-suite while they struggle through ‘the labyrinth of leadership’.4

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Board Member; Career Path; Project Leader; Supervisory Board (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230304970_8

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