From: Factors affecting gender equality in public organizations in Egypt
Statements | Strongly Agree(5) | Agree (4) | Neutral (3) | Disagree (2) | Strongly Disagree (1) | Mean | S.D |
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Glass ceiling syndrome is described as an invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from reaching decision-making positions | 84 (40%) | 86 (41%) | 27 (12.9%) | 8 (3.8%) | 5 (2.4%) | 4.12 | .940 |
Glass ceiling syndrome shows up in our personal and social lives as well | 18 (8.6%) | 34 (16.2%) | 41 (19.5%) | 68 (32%) | 49 (23%) | 2.54 | 1.249 |
Glass ceiling syndromes also can induce faulty assessments of people | 76 (36.2%) | 59 (28.1%) | 42 (20%) | 22 (10.5%) | 11 (5.2%) | 3.80 | 1.190 |
I believe, glass ceiling syndrome is arousing from gender inequality | 11 (5.2%) | 24 (11.4%) | 45 (21.4%) | 72 (34.3%) | 58 (27.6%) | 2.32 | 1.149 |
Glass ceiling syndrome allows people to categorize and simplify what they observe and to make predictions about others | 11 (5.2%) | 24 (11.4%) | 45 (21.4%) | 72 (34.4%) | 58 (27.6%) | 2.90 | 1.180 |
Glass ceiling syndrome affects mainly women, but also minority groups as well | 80 (38.1%) | 74 (35.2%) | 41 (19.5%) | 15 (7.1%) | 0 | 4.04 | .930 |
The personal attitudes of an individual in promoting glass ceiling | 44 (21%) | 57 (27.1%) | 40 (19%) | 42 (20%) | 27 (12.9%) | 3.23 | 1.333 |
Job segregation is promoting glass ceiling syndrome in organizations | 30 (14.3%) | 40 (19%) | 70 (33.3%) | 47 (22.4%) | 23 (11%) | 3.03 | 1.196 |
Both the gender employees are progressing, but at a certain time women employees fail to get promoted to higher posts and their male counterparts attain the senior post on the basis of gender discrimination | 52 (24.8%) | 53 (25.2%) | 65 (31%) | 26 (12.4%) | 14 (6.7%) | 3.49 | 1.183 |
The friendly interpersonal relationships can hinder the glass ceiling syndrome in the organizations | 29 (13.8%) | 61 (29%) | 64 (30.5%) | 27 (12.9%) | 29 (13.8%) | 3.16 | 1.227 |
Despite legislation for equal opportunities for both genders and the increasing number of qualified women, they are still largely underrepresented in the decision-making process in all sectors | 93 (44.3%) | 66 (31.4%) | 35 (16.7%) | 12 (5.7%) | 4 (1.9%) | 4.10 | 1.002 |