What is the glass ceiling effect?

What is the glass ceiling effect? The phenomenon of glass ceiling came into being in the 1980s, which mainly means that in the mainstream society in Europe and America, immigrants, especially Asians, can only hold junior positions, or it is difficult to get promoted after reaching a higher level. What is the glass ceiling effect?

What is the glass ceiling effect? 1 The basic meaning of the glass ceiling is that women or ethnic minorities can't be promoted to the top of enterprises or organizations, not because they don't have enough ability or experience, or because they don't want their own positions, but because some organizations seem to set an obstacle for women and ethnic minorities in promotion, and this obstacle sometimes doesn't even exist.

Therefore, if women or ethnic minorities in the organization want to climb the career ladder slowly, when they approach the top, they will naturally feel an invisible obstacle blocking them, so their positions can only climb to a certain stage, and it is impossible to continue. This situation is the so-called glass ceiling obstacle.

Present situation

1. At the Third World Conference of Female Scientists and Technologists, which closed in Beijing, a female scientist in Madagascar once choked up when she told her experience of unfair treatment and hard struggle on her scientific research road. The speech was finally read by another participant. At the end of the speech, the female scientist made such a wish, "We expect more women to become mothers and scientists." At this conference, more than 700 Chinese and foreign scholars from 55 countries and regions gathered together, and the growth obstacles and difficulties of female researchers became the focus of hot discussion.

2. The scale advantage of women's participation in scientific research has not been transformed into quality advantage. Academician Lu Yongxiang, President of China Academy of Sciences, revealed at the opening ceremony that in 2003, female R&D personnel in the world accounted for about 27% of the total R&D personnel. 29% in Africa, 0/5% in Asia/KLOC, 32% in Europe and 24% in the United States. In 2009, there were about14.37 million female scientific and technological personnel in China, accounting for 33% of the total number of scientific and technological personnel. Women with senior professional titles account for 25.7% of the total. Unfortunately, this scale advantage has not been translated into quality advantage-on the one hand, the total number of women participating in science and technology is increasing, the number of female champions is frequent, and university campuses are thriving; On the one hand, high-level female scientists are scarce. The data shows that among the academicians of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering, the proportion of women is only 5%; Of the 175 chief scientists in the "973 National Key Basic Research and Development Plan", only 8 are women, accounting for 4.6%; However, none of the members of the national 863 high-tech research and development plan expert group is a woman.

3. The phenomenon that female scientists encounter "glass ceiling" is a global problem. Take the Nobel Prize as an example. In the history of Nobel Prize 100 years, there are few female winners. Up to now, there are 15 female scientists in the world, and 16 times have won the Nobel Prize, accounting for 2% and 8% respectively. As of 2008, in terms of physics and chemistry prizes, only 1 women won the physics prize and two women won the chemistry prize, except Madame Curie won the 1903 physics prize and191chemistry prize.

What is the glass ceiling effect? 2 Professional women calmly face the glass ceiling effect

The phenomenon of "glass ceiling" came into being in 1980s, which mainly refers to the mainstream society in Europe and America. Immigrants, especially Asians, can only hold junior positions, or it is difficult to get promoted after reaching a higher level, and they cannot enter the core decision-making planning layer, just like the glass ceiling, but it is difficult to break through. It is the famous "glass ceiling" theory: because of gender differences, women's career choices and job promotion are blocked by a layer of glass, which is beyond our reach. The "glass ceiling" separates women from the bottom of the career path, allowing them to settle there and engage in supportive and auxiliary work. This can really be regarded as an extension of the traditional family role of women serving and caring in the workplace.

A female friend came across such a topic: she used to be a marketing director in a company. At that time, the company had two directors, and the other male sales director came first. Although she is stronger than that man, she is not very strong. In order to have a better development, she has very high requirements from all aspects, from professional image to work style, she is very professional and unsmiling, and regards herself as a man. As a result, she was promoted to the position of vice president to lead the man, but the male sales director was angry and felt bullied, so that when they held a regular meeting, the male sales director publicly said some rude words to her and even slandered her. This situation has been very stiff, and this female friend also forgot to use her female instinct to resolve the crisis, and finally ended up resigning. Originally, the future was bright, but unfortunately it could not be adjusted and broken in time.

In the construction of glass ceilings, most women are architects themselves. The glass roof is just the glass roof of my spiritual world. When the goal conflicts with the realistic premise, the glass ceiling appears. When the goal matches the realistic premise, there is no glass ceiling. The glass ceiling of female professional managers, in the final analysis, is how to balance work and life.

Most successful people have a balanced goal system: career, family, wealth (material wealth and spiritual wealth) and health. Clearly set goals, in order of importance; With a balanced goal system, the inner world reaches a peaceful state; Have a clear idea on the arrangement of work and life; Sharing your goal system with your family and getting their understanding and support is undoubtedly an infinite motivation in your work. Although many enterprises do have "glass ceilings", and some are even made of tempered glass, you may still succeed; If women want to break through the "glass ceiling", they must overcome the misunderstanding of power women in society and acquire various abilities that will help them to be promoted in the organization.

First of all, it is important to establish self-determination belief and cultivate ambition; Female employees always give people a feeling and impression of "low ambition" and "lack of autonomy and belief" Many senior male officials said that they did not want to promote women when selecting middle and senior cadres. In fact, women generally give themselves lower scores in self-determination and belief. The workplace is like a battlefield. If you want to be promoted, the competition and struggle that will follow will be inevitable. At this time, all you can rely on is your strong will. Don't always feel sorry for yourself, pretend to be weak or cry casually, which will only damage your image. If women in the workplace show a weak posture, they are doomed to be unable to be promoted.

The second is to expand the ability, including professional and technical ability, governance ability, communication ability, insight and so on. Cultivate global thinking; This is the basic quality for women to break through the glass ceiling at work; In the work of female professional managers, don't exaggerate yourself subjectively and objectively as a woman. You must do what your professional role requires of you. But if you can make good use of your gender while meeting the requirements of your professional role, so much the better. For example, the careful side can make you better sympathize with your subordinates after work, and the tolerant side can have better interpersonal affinity and make you less obstacles in communication.

Third, we should define our own position and divide ourselves into corresponding roles and processes according to the generally considered female strengths. For example, most of the top 50 iron ladies in the global business world are from the business world, and women are good at it; According to your career orientation, set practical goals for yourself in the workplace and plan your career life and livelihood well. For example, if you set yourself the goal of "becoming a female manager in a few years" and plan the small goals that must be accomplished in the process, you will naturally have a chance of success. On the other hand, if there is no detailed goal, success will not fall from the sky. When making personal life and career development plans, we should consider all the factors that affect us as much as possible. First of all, you should analyze your current situation and determine where you are and what resources you have. Then, you have to determine your life goals, including career, marriage and family ... In this process, because you don't live alone, your decision may have a major impact on your family, so you must fully communicate with your family members, so that everyone can reach an agreement as far as possible and get their understanding and support.

Fourth, work hard, be conscientious, be willing to make personal sacrifices and sacrifice rest time at an appropriate time, and be true to yourself. You must know the difference between "acceptance" and "sacrifice".

Fifth, we must persevere. Compared with IQ, EQ and AQ, it is a better indicator to measure success. We should have the belief of lifelong learning, and only by constantly improving can we calmly face the future challenges.

Sixth, be good at marketing yourself. Let the company know what you can do. Even if you are an extraordinary person, don't expect to be discovered or familiar by others. In order to make progress, you have to let people know who you are and what you have done. In the workplace, self-marketing is absolutely necessary. Among many colleagues, how to let the boss discover your ambition and professional ability requires some positive actions. Successful women will talk to their bosses as scheduled even if they don't ask for it, so that their feelings can infect your positive impression.

Seventh, successful women should be more enterprising. Compared with men, women tend to shrink back and always hesitate to do something they haven't done, so they miss many opportunities for performance. On the other hand, successful women don't want to miss any chance of performance. They know that even if they don't fully understand a job, they can still learn by doing, and they should be full of determination and belief to accept the challenge. Even if you do something wrong, you can gain valuable experience. For example, if the boss wants to give you the opportunity to be promoted as a manager, potential successful women in the workplace will not shrink back on the grounds that "I have never been a manager". Taking advantage of the trend and adapting to the situation in the workplace is also one of the hubs of early success.

Eight is to ask for authorization and take responsibility. In the workplace, the employees that the boss likes are "generals" who can be assured of authorization, not cowards who dare not take on big responsibilities. If women can "take the initiative" to ask their superiors for authorization and undertake tasks that others dare not undertake, they will naturally get more performance opportunities. For example, you can bravely undertake projects that everyone finds difficult, and through the baptism of these jobs, you can accumulate workplace experience and stimulate your potential.

Nine is to do some activities that are beneficial to mental relaxation, such as meditation. Better rest is for better work; Many women always think that the iron lady is always vigorous and dusty, and she doesn't want a family for her career. In fact, this is really not the case. Many outstanding female entrepreneurs are also good wives and mothers, and pay more attention to family harmony.

Later, a truly successful working woman will not give others an excuse to criticize her "sentimentality". Be optimistic about the situation and never let yourself fall into a bad mood. Pessimists say that the glass is almost empty, but optimists say that it is almost full. Professional women should face the difficulties in their work with a positive attitude. More and more women in the workplace have also learned about workplace politics and how to disguise their feelings and fight. For female supervisors, what most employees can't accept is emotional management, and emotional management is indeed a place where women are often questioned. The voice of male generation is serious and deep, and even if you lose your temper, it won't make people emotional, while the voice of female generation is high, which makes people emotional when you lose your temper. Women should behave more calmly than men to avoid being considered as emotional people. For controlling emotions, professional women don't have to be demanding, but have clear goals and strictly require subordinates to implement them. For colleagues who can't reach their goals, they will not raise their voices and make personal attacks, but ask for solutions on the basis of facts. Therefore, no matter how hard you work, how tired you are, how angry you are ... "Keep smiling and relax" is indeed a lesson that women in the workplace must learn, and it is also a weapon for you to break through the mystery of the glass ceiling!