TY - JOUR AU1 - Symons, Gladys L. AB - Examines how concepts of gender a primary field of powerarticulation and the gendered office allow us to see and explain thecontradiction that while women continue to move into management incomplex organizations in the industrialized world, occupational sexsegregation and the glass ceiling remain firmly in place.The explanation of the glass ceiling lies in neutral organizationallogic and language. Contrary to dominant organizational logic, women donot bring problems to the office rather, they encounter a longstandingdynamic of domination and subordination. Managerial women demonstratethat the binary gender representation is contextually defined. Theyexpose the fundamentally problematic nature of the opposition betweenmale and female, based on a structure of male dominance and femalesubmission. TI - THE GLASS CEILING IS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE GENDERED OFFICE JF - Women in Management Review DO - 10.1108/09649429210007331 DA - 1992-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/the-glass-ceiling-is-constructed-over-the-gendered-office-A7QuorI5an VL - 7 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -