“Tokens and Glass Ceilings”: The Real Issues of “Minorities” in Organisations
Abstract
In an earlier article I made some preliminary observations about the web of connections between individuals and the organisations in which they are employed, and in particular about the effect of these connections on the career paths of women(1). In the present article, the earlier ideas are extended to consider the more general issues of the effect of the web of connections on employees who are not members of the dominant group in the organisation. In considering such employees I will examine some of the difficulties that surround the realisation of their potential, with particular reference to facing the responsibilities and avoiding the individual and organisational costs of being consistently under‐ or over‐used.
Citation
Stamp, G. (1990), "“Tokens and Glass Ceilings”: The Real Issues of “Minorities” in Organisations", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010523
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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