The Glass Ceiling

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It has always been thought that women find less interest in technical areas and in science, and it is therefore assumed that this is the reason why we tend to find few women in top positions in such companies. This paper dispels this myth. It shows that women have better qualities than men to run IT companies and that the problem seems to be an inability to change the industry's chauvinistic mentality. The paper examines how some women managed to break the glass ceiling, despite the many obstacles.

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"One of the most important things that encourages glass ceilings is, of course, prejudice. In general, organizations have a male preponderance and, as such, they tend to have a certain prejudice about female managers. However, this prejudice does not necessarily have something to do with the training or abilities, but with a woman's managerial capabilities. As someone said, "the problem is sometimes not that an organization lacks a pool of really talented women but one of visualizing them as leaders. Sometimes people think of leaders as being in a suit" Some women tend to encourage this perception by being shy and by refusing to take charge of the matters."

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