Invisible barriers: Effects of glass ceiling on women’s career progression in Nepalese commercial banks

Author:

Shrestha Indira1ORCID,Kumar Dahal Rewan2ORCID,Ghimire Binod3ORCID,Rai Bharat3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Ph.D. Scholar, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Nepal Commerce Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

2. Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Nepal Commerce Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

3. Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University

Abstract

Eliminating gender prejudice in job advancement is crucial to organizational success. The study aims to analyze the impact of invisible barriers (corporate culture and corporate practices) on the promotion of women working in Nepalese commercial banks. Structural equation modeling and path analysis have examined how the glass ceiling factors affect women’s career progression. The study’s targeted population consisted of female middle-level managers. It used convenience sampling to collect information from 288 female middle-level managers. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett’s tests for sphericity were used to test the study’s external validity. Construct reliability tests and average variance extracted tests were used to evaluate the convergent validity of the latent variables. Heterotrait-monotrait ratio test was used to assess the discriminant validity of the independent components. The result revealed that the corporate culture with seven observable items (β = –0.313; p < 0.05) and corporate practices with nine observable items (β = –0.507; p < 0.05) had a negative and statistically significant impact on women’s career progression in Nepal, accounting for approximately 64.0% of the variation. For organizations to be moral and effective, gender stereotypes regarding promotions must be eliminated. The study’s findings assist policymakers in understanding how the glass ceiling affects women’s promotion in businesses and recognizing discrimination based on gender to make promotional decisions impartial.

Publisher

LLC CPC Business Perspectives

Subject

Business and International Management,General Business, Management and Accounting,Information Systems and Management,Law,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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