Gallagher, Patrick. “Glass Ceiling Shows Cracks, Yet Endures.” Westchester County Business Journal 48.7 (2012): 19. Regional Business News. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

Gallagher shows both side of the argument of “glass ceilings”, he acknowledges that yes some women have exceeded and surpassed this invisible barrier but most have not. Gallagher uses statistics from Fortune 500 companies such as Pepsico and ITT Corporation to show how a few women have successfully climbed the ladder but also informs the audience that women only held 16.1% of board seats on these companies in 2011. Gallaghers article does an excellent job of giving the facts of both sides and will be very useful in my paper. He supports that it is definitely difficult for women to break through the glass ceiling but not impossible.

 

 Jennica Webster, et al. “Managers’ Beliefs About The Glass Ceiling: Interpersonal And Organizational Factors.” Psychology Of Women Quarterly 33.3 (2009): 285-294. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

“Even with the inroads women have made into management, the glass ceiling phenomenon has not been eliminated”, according to Webster’s opening sentence. This article is all about how managers view the glass ceiling, this article is an excellent example of not being biased due to the fact the authors are interviewing many different people. Many viewpoints are being shown, those who believe in the glass ceiling and those who think it is just women aren’t doing as they should or that statistics are being manipulated. “Women occupied only 16.4% of corporate office positions in 2008” , shows that many women have jobs but just are not being promoted up to higher positions as their men counterparts. This article is a good source to support my thesis because it shows why women are not being promoted or at least one reason which is the organizational factors.