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“Furthermore, the challenges persist even for those who manage to break through the glass ceiling, as women are more likely than men to hold risky and precarious management positions-a phenomenon referred to as the 'glass cliff' (Amakye et al., 2021;Ryan et al., 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ryan, M. K., Haslam, S. A., Morgenroth, T., Rink, F., Stoker, J., & Peters, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ryan, Michelle K.
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 446-455
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2282655057
- Cited by
- 439
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
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- 65.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
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- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- European Social Fund (4130)
- Economic and Social Research Council (062 23 0135)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Keywords
- glass cliff, women in leadership, gender and leadership, leadership appointments, moderators, gender stereotypes
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