glass ceiling

Slovak translation: sklenený strop

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English term or phrase:glass ceiling
Slovak translation:sklenený strop

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17:57 Jun 2, 2010
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Human Resources, Management
English term or phrase: glass ceiling
Definition from inmotionmagazine.com:
Glass ceilings are the artificial barriers that deny women and minorities the opportunity to advance within their careers

Example sentence(s):
  • Even before The Wall Street Journal coined the term "glass ceiling" 20 years ago, researchers debated why women seldom reach the highest ranks in business. Forbes.com
  • "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, it's got about 18 million cracks in it," Hillary Clinton told a huge rally of supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington. smh.com.au
  • The potential is there for women to achieve an equal footing with men, but the social mores and male attitudes make an effective barrier to women rising above a certain point; this tendency brings to mind a glass ceiling. Feminism and Women's Studies
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sklenený strop
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sklenený strop – umelé prekážky v postupe zamestnancov, napr. diskriminácia
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sklenený strop


Definition from own experience or research:
sklenený strop – umelé prekážky v postupe zamestnancov, napr. diskriminácia

Example sentence(s):
  • Mnohé ženy vo svojej kariére síce úspešne prerazia takzvaný sklenený strop a dostanú sa na vysoko postavené miesta vo firemných štruktúrach, no čoskoro zistia, že im hrozí pád zo skleneného útesu. - Pravda.sk  
  • Ženy majú pritom všetky predpoklady na to, aby po kariérnom rebríčku stúpali rýchlo nahor. Do istej úrovne postupujú ľahko, no potom narazia na neviditeľnú bariéru, ktorá sa zvykne označovať ako sklenený strop. Teda niečo, čo do chvíle, kým nechcú ísť vyššie, možno ani nevnímajú. - Izurnal.sk  

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