Implications of Glass Ceiling on Women’s Career Advancements in Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract
This study is conducted to explore the effects of glass ceiling on career advancement of women in Pakistan. Population of the study includes female employees functioning in Private Sector of Punjab Province. Population of the study was female staff belongs to Private sector of district Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. Survey method was adopted and data was collected 300 respondents contacted through multistage sampling techniques. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to check the association among variables through SPSS. It was concluded that majority of women were agreed that they are facing ‘glass ceiling’ in their professional carrier and intricacy in their promotion. Majority of the women had the consent that gender stereotypes down grade the capabilities of females. Cracking the glass ceiling needs a significant commitment on the part of associations to take acts in progression of inhabitants despite of their sexual category
Authors
Moazzama Naseer
Ph. D Scholar, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Shabbir Ch.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Babak Mahmood
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan