Identifying the Effect of Factors on the Creation of Glass Ceiling for Women Employed at the Headquarters of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company Based on the -Interpretative- Structural Approach (ISM)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• A Shafi ¹
• A Etebariyan ²
• R Ebrahimzadeh Dsjerdi ³

¹ Ph.D. in Public Administration, Human Resource Trend, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran

² Associate Professor and Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan, Isfahan

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

    Women are considered as one of the most valuable assets of any organization. If the obstacles like the glass ceiling are eliminated, one can expect their effectiveness in their respective areas of the responsibility assigned for the goals of the organizations. Therefore, this study, by understanding the subject through Interpretative-Structural Analysis (ISM), seeks to design a model based on categorizing and distinguishing factors affecting the creation of a glass ceiling of female employees employed by the National Iranian Oil Distribution Company. This research was conducted in a one-year period between December 2016 and January 2017. The combined methodology is a qualitative research based on identifying the factors influencing the creation of a glass ceiling by examining theoretical and theoretical foundations and conducting Delphi analysis with the participation of 20 specialist members as panel members, and in the quantitative part through the formation of a matrix Structural self-advancement follows structural and interpretive modeling, in which 30 human resource specialists (both inside and outside the company) participated. The results of the research show that the most basic factor of women's glass ceiling for the National Iranian Oil Distribution Company is based on the designed model, the lack of supportive laws, which is related to the main component of the external causes and the sub-component of the political causes and rules were in the Delphi results. Also, at the highest level and in fact the least effective factor in creating a glass ceiling, the lack of suitable barrier for women's work is one of the structural causes of the core component of the organization.

Keywords

• Glass Ceiling
• Intraocular Causes
• Outsourcing Causes

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