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21. Hierarchical Organizations and Glass Ceiling Effects

Authors : María Paz Espinosa, Eva Ferreira

Published in: From Statistics to Mathematical Finance

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Abstract

We explore the effect of bias on glass ceiling effects in hierarchical organizations and show that the latter do not necessarily come from greater discrimination at the top levels of the hierarchy but from the dynamics of the selection process, the shape of the hierarchical organization and the distribution of abilities. These results are consistent with the existing empirical evidence, which has found glass ceiling effects in some contexts but not in others.

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See also Espinosa and Ferreira (2015) for similar definitions of glass ceilings in a homogeneous abilities context
 
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Metadata
Title
Hierarchical Organizations and Glass Ceiling Effects
Authors
María Paz Espinosa
Eva Ferreira
Copyright Year
2017
Book
From Statistics to Mathematical Finance

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50985-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-50986-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50986-0_21

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