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What is Equal Opportunity

Chapter 10
Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market
Giving all people the same opportunities for employment, pay, and promotion, without discrimination as race, sex, religion, etc.
Published in Chapter:
Understanding Career Barriers of Women Executives: Glass Ceiling and Glass Cliff
Nermin Kişi (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9171-9.ch010
Abstract
Inequalities between women and men continue in global labor markets. Although the inclusion of women as labor force increases day by day, their representation in senior management levels remains insufficient. Women continue to face several barriers preventing them from attaining equal access, participation, and progress in the business environment. Within this chapter, the authors discuss two types of career barriers called “glass ceiling” and “glass cliff,” which women encounter frequently in their work life. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a general perspective on barriers of women's career advancement and to examine glass ceiling and glass cliff the in its background, its causes, and its consequences. The chapter also aims to analyze studies which criticize the concept of glass ceiling. The results of the chapter are expected to be a source for researchers in the areas of women's career barriers, women's leadership, and gender inequality.
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Chapter 4
Criminal Policy, Security, and Justice in the Time of COVID-19
Equal opportunity is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified. The intent is that the important jobs in an organization should go to the most qualified people – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for reasons deemed arbitrary or irrelevant, such as circumstances of birth, upbringing, having well-connected relatives or friends, religion, sex, ethnicity, race, caste, or involuntary personal attributes such as disability, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Published in Chapter: Criminal Policy, Security, and Justice in the Time of COVID-19; From: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on New Economy Development and Societal Change
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Chapter 9
The Role of Academic Values in Higher Education Convergence in Romania: A New Approach
All people should be treated similarly, regardless of artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Academic Values in Higher Education Convergence in Romania: A New Approach; From: Handbook of Research on Trends in European Higher Education Convergence
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Chapter 18
Case Study of Gender and Career Choices: Being and Becoming Medical People
It is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified. It requires the equal accessibility and evaluation conditions within the given circumstances.
Published in Chapter: Case Study of Gender and Career Choices: Being and Becoming Medical People; From: Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media
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