Abstract
The relevance of the age-long conundrum known as the glass ceiling has become ever more questionable for a number of compelling reasons. First, its root in the invisible barriers (push factors) facing women's career progression prospects in the corporate world is ever-changing at a rapid pace across every region of the globe. Second, research shows some evidence of a major dramatic increase in women-owned businesses as being attributable to women's desire to gain more flexibility in their work arrangements (pull factors). By providing a catalogue of pull factors in the context of African (especially Nigerian) women entrepreneurs, this paper argues that the glass ceiling problem may have well been shattered in numerous spheres, and thus become less tenable as a gender-specific reality in the twenty-first century.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-66 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of African Business |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 5 Mar 2009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Glass ceiling
- Nigeria
- Push factors
- Pull factors
- Women entrepreneurship