Impact of Glass Ceiling Effect on Women Career Success with the Mediating Role of Work Family Conflict and Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support in Pakistan

Abstract

Women make up half of the world's population, but they continue to face significant barriers to success including the glass ceiling. It refers to the invisible professional hurdles that women confront in the workplace. Women encounter challenges in practically every field of business today, including positive successes such as promotions and awards, which jeopardize their status and role in the workplace. Although the glass ceiling has piqued the interest of researchers, some authors have noted that theoretical models have made little effort to develop an understanding of the phenomenon and its implications. The main objective of the research was to find out the impact of glass barriers on women's career advancement in academia, as well as to analyze the mediating role of work-family conflict the mediating linkage between the glass ceiling and women's career success and perceived organizational support as moderating to reduce the negativity between conflict and women careers. The data was gathered using an adopted questionnaire with a sample size of 325. The included hypothesis under this research is being tested using sampling criteria. According to the results of the study, all hypotheses were accepted. Theoretical and managerial implications were also discussed along with future recommendations and limitations.