glass cliff

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A phenomenon where women in leadership roles are likelier than men to achieve such roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the risk of failure is highest.
    — Since her appointment, she [Linda Yaccarino] has been linked with the “glass cliff” theory, put forward in 2005 by researchers at the University of Exeter. The theory posits that women are more likely to be promoted or brought into top jobs at times of a crisis and thus set up for failure.

词形变化

glass cliffs plural

词源

Proposed in 2005, extending the glass ceiling metaphor.
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