GLASS CEILING AND THE LATIN AMERICAN LAW FIRMS

This paper intends to analyze why female lawyers are underrepresented at the top level positions of the big Latin American law firms, by studying the different social-economic theories that could explain this phenomenon. The “human capital theory” and the “gender-role socialization theory” are invo...

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Main Author: Maria Carla Fontana Gaspar Coronel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-06-01
Series:Cadernos Prolam/USP
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/prolam/article/view/82332