Abstract:
Glass ceiling still exists in employment of women since the
majority of female employees are still intensive in low level
earnings and low level positions. Present study entirely focuses on
the central problem of the effects of Glass Ceiling which has an
adverse impact on career blooming of female in Sri Lankan
Academic Sector. Research was conducted to determine the effect
of Glass Ceiling on women career blooming for academic
employees who are working in both private and state universities.
Narrow it down to discover the impact of Educational Factors,
Organizational Factors, Individual Factors and Family Factors on
Women Career Blooming. The research comprises of the
dependent variable that is women career blooming whereas the
independent variable is the glass ceiling. Conceptual framework of
the study displays that glass ceiling factors do effect to the
dependent variable of career blooming and this was developed
completely based on the information of literature review. In order
to build the conceptual framework, the researchers referred
various research articles in western and Asian context.
