This policy brief focuses on women who have overcome the barriers and advanced into management. It aims to assess whether women, once they have reached a managerial role, continue to encounter obstacles that their male counterparts do not face. Do women and men experience the managerial function differently? And does this difference help explain why women are underrepresented in management? Does the curse of the glass ceiling extend its grip to women in management?

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