Please find below an article I read in the metro on Wednesday, August 31st. (It is also available on cnn's website)
Chris
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LONDON, England -- Social psychologists have identified a new obstacle to female success in the workplace.
"Growing numbers of women are smashing through the so-called "glass ceiling" into senior managerial roles, but many are finding themselves in precarious positions with a high risk of failure, according to Professor Alex Haslam of Exeter University.
Professor Haslam's research followed an article last year in The Times newspaper of London, which questioned the performance of FTSE 100 companies that had appointed women to their boards.
But in a study of FTSE 100 companies, Haslam and his team discovered that most appointed women to senior positions only after a downturn in their fortunes, leaving them standing on the edge of a "glass cliff." (...)
(http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/09/08/women.glasscliff/index.html)
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