Managerial Self-Perception and the Glass Ceiling
The scenario describes a female middle-level manager who believes she is unsuitable for a senior manager position because she feels women are inherently not suited for such high-level roles. This self-imposed limitation is based on societal stereotypes.
Understanding the Glass-Ceiling Phenomenon
The glass-ceiling phenomenon refers to invisible barriers that prevent certain demographic groups, particularly women and minorities, from advancing to top leadership positions within an organization, irrespective of their qualifications or achievements.
In this case, the manager has internalized societal beliefs and gender stereotypes about women's capabilities in leadership. She perceives an unbreachable barrier (the glass ceiling) preventing her advancement, leading her to disqualify herself rather than being explicitly blocked by others.
Why Other Options Are Less Suitable
- Low motivation to approach success: While she isn't seeking the promotion, the reason isn't a general lack of motivation but a specific belief tied to gender and role suitability.
- Gender discrimination: Gender discrimination is the underlying cause of the glass-ceiling phenomenon, but the manager's *internalized belief* and self-perception is a direct example of the phenomenon itself.
- High motivation to avoid failure: The primary reason stated is unsuitability based on gender, not necessarily an explicit fear of failing at the task itself.
Therefore, the manager's self-assessment is a classic illustration of the glass-ceiling phenomenon.
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Assertion (A): Discrimination is a mode of behaviour.
Reason (R): To discriminate means to deny an individual or a group, a privilege or an opportunity or a pleasure that is thereupon reserved for one's own group.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
