Between the glass ceiling and the sticky floor: Subtle barriers

The lack of supporting mentors, powerful advocates and insightful role models as well as the exclusion from male-dominated networks have been well documented as impeding women’s progression to the top. Yet, we have only recently come to realise that our performance and evaluation systems are deeply gendered in their nature, writes Dr Claudia Jonczyk-Sédès, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies at ESCP Europe Business School