The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions

1992/08/01 by Christine L. Williams · 12 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Management and Organizational Studies

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Abstract

Journal Article The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions Get access Christine L. Williams Christine L. Williams University of Texas at Austin Correspondence to: Williams, Department of Sociology, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1088. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 39, Issue 3, 1 August 1992, Pages 253–267, https://doi.org/10.2307/3096961 Published: 31 July 2014

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