Abstract

GAETE QUEZADA, Ricardo  and  ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, Juliana. Public senior management and glass ceiling. Access of women to management positions at Chile. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.77, pp.179-222.  Epub Feb 12, 2021. ISSN 1665-0565.  https://doi.org/10.32870/eees.v27i77.7085.

This article presents the results of a research which objective is to analyze the phenomenon of the glass ceiling in the Chilean public sector, from the representation of women in the appointments of the Senior Public Management competitions developed between 2010 and 2017. Descriptive statistics procedures were used to examine a quantitative database obtained from the Civil Service in Chile, noting that only 29% of the contests were adjudicated to women, concluding that there is an important vertical segregation in the appointments of the first competitions and second hierarchical level of the state administration in Chile, which allows to infer the existence of gender inequality in said system that configures the glass ceiling.

Keywords : Gender discrimination; vertical segregation; public administration; glass ceiling; Chile.