An assessment on women's work life and glass ceiling syndrome in Turkey

In today's business life, the number of female workers at constant rise is evidently a global phenomenon. Although the number of female workers taking part in workforce has shown a clear growth recently, it is certain that this case has also brought about some disadvantages as well as the advantages it has offered to women. Despite the ever-increasing rates of female workforce, men still occupy mid-level and senior executive positions worldwide mostly. Women, on the other hand, make up a much smaller portion of the same or similar positions. It is conspicuous that women have inferior positions in professional business careers and less authority compared to men. Not only they make up a small minority group amongst senior executive positions in their organizational structure but also they earn much smaller wages than men. Glass Ceiling Syndrome, as a recent concept aiming at analyzing this disequilibrium between men and women in organizational structure, has frequently been mentioned over the past several years. Glass Ceiling Syndrome points out largely the transparent obstacles preventing women at senior executive positions from making progress and/or advancing in their career. It also remarks the case where wage differences between the sexes at top level positions are due mainly to gender differences, thus putting men predominately in priority. This study has been prepared in regard to the relevance to the Glass Ceiling Syndrome and the obstacles that women face while taking active roles in working life. The attitude of female workforce employed in e-commerce towards the Glass Ceiling Syndrome and its impact on women have been studied. Key Words: Woman, Taking Place in Workforce, Glass Ceiling Syndrome, Female Labour, E-commerce