Publication

1999-10-11 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

20,000 words, Guess

Page Count

80 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9776362M
  • ISBN-139780300080261
  • ISBN-100300080263
  • OCLC Control Number41452593
  • Library of Congress Control Number99028269
and 2 more
  • Goodreads864854
  • LibraryThing390268

Classifications

  • LCCBF692.2 .B78 1999

Description

"The "glass ceiling" metaphor describes an invisible barrier that prevents women from reaching the top levels of management. It assumes that the causes for this are within the organization and unrelated to inherent sex differences, says Kingsley Browne in this analysis of the differences between men and women in the workplace. Discussions of the "gender gap" in earnings also assume that the gap is due to employer oppression of women. But sex discrimination alone cannot account for these disparities, Browne contends. In a sophisticated application of evolutionary theory to human behavior, he argues that basic biological sex differences in personality and temperament account for much of the gender gap and the glass ceiling in the modern labour market."--BOOK JACKET.

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