Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The role of glass ceiling in women’s promotion to managerial positions from the perspective of faculty members at Iran University of Medical Sciences

. Ghobad Ramezani; . Ghadir Pourbairamian; . Salime Goharinezhad; . Azam Norouzi; . Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi; . Zohreh Sohrabi

Volume 11, Issue 8 , September 2021, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: In recent years, many changes have been observed in women’s roles inorganizations. In Iran, women face challenges to be promoted to high‑level organizational positions.The ... Read More BACKGROUND: In recent years, many changes have been observed in women’s roles inorganizations. In Iran, women face challenges to be promoted to high‑level organizational positions.The present study aimed to examine the role of glass ceiling in promoting women to managerialpositions from the perspective of the faculty members at Iran University of Medical Sciences.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was an applied study in terms of objectives anda descriptive‑survey study in terms of data collection, variable monitoring and control, andgeneralizability. The statistical population of the study encompassed all clinical and basic sciencesfaculty members at Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2019–2020. The simple random samplingmethod was adopted, and the study instrument was the standard questionnaire of women’s beliefsabout glass ceiling developed by Smith (2012). To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential (namelypaired‑sample t‑test and one‑sample t‑test) statistics were run in the SPSS software.RESULTS: The results revealed that glass ceiling dimensions could predict 48% of the varianceof women’s promotion to managerial positions. Furthermore, a significant difference was noticedbetween men and women’s perspectives toward glass ceiling (P < 0.001); however, there was nosignificant difference between the two groups of clinical and basic sciences (P > 0.001).CONCLUSIONS: Failure to provide appropriate opportunities for qualified women to be promoted tomanagerial positions would result in nonexploitation of about half of the available capacities and talents.Women have unique abilities and soft skills in the human resource management. At the macro‑level,policy‑makers and planners to review the plans and delegation of organizational‑managerial positionsand also to further consider the role of women in managerial positions by observing gender justiceand meeting criteria such as capability and expertise.

Morbidity and mortality from technological disasters in Iran: A narrative review

. Hamid Jafari; . Ahmad Jonidi Jafari; . Mahmoud Nekoei‑Moghadam; . Salime Goharinezhad

Volume 9, Issue 7 , July 2019, , Pages 1-6

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Iran as a developing country is at risk of vulnerability to technological disasters. These types ofdisasters occur frequently in last years and affected thousands of lives. Technological ... Read More

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The role of glass ceiling in women’s promotion to managerial positions from the perspective of faculty members at Iran University of Medical Sciences

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Morbidity and mortality from technological disasters in Iran: A narrative review

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