TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting on top of the glass cliff
T2 - Reviewing a decade of evidence, explanations, and impact
AU - Ryan, Michelle K.
AU - Haslam, S. Alexander
AU - Morgenroth, Thekla
AU - Rink, Floor
AU - Stoker, Janka
AU - Peters, Kim
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - The glass cliff refers to the tendency for women to be more likely than men to be appointed to leadership positions that are risky and precarious. This paper reviews the first decade of research into the phenomenon and has three key aims: (a) to summarize and integrate evidence of the glass cliff, (b) to clarify the processes that have been shown to underlie the glass cliff, and (c) to explore the factors that may moderate the glass cliff phenomenon. We show that the glass cliff has had a significant impact on public discourse around women and leadership but is a complex, contextual, and multiply determined phenomenon. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.
AB - The glass cliff refers to the tendency for women to be more likely than men to be appointed to leadership positions that are risky and precarious. This paper reviews the first decade of research into the phenomenon and has three key aims: (a) to summarize and integrate evidence of the glass cliff, (b) to clarify the processes that have been shown to underlie the glass cliff, and (c) to explore the factors that may moderate the glass cliff phenomenon. We show that the glass cliff has had a significant impact on public discourse around women and leadership but is a complex, contextual, and multiply determined phenomenon. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.10.008
M3 - Article
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 27
SP - 446
EP - 455
JO - The Leadership Quarterly
JF - The Leadership Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -