Brown Glass Ceiling Career Inequalities? Empirical Evidence from Samoans in New Zealand

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aut.relation.journalNew Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
aut.relation.pages24
aut.relation.startpage1
aut.relation.volume48
dc.contributor.authorOfe-Grant, Betty
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T23:28:57Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T23:28:57Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-06
dc.description.abstractThis study draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews conducted with a cohort comprising 31 Samoan CEOs and senior managers across various New Zealand industries to explore the phenomenon of a ‘brown glass ceiling’. The results reveal that Samoans encounter barriers in their career trajectories, hindering or stalling their progression into senior management roles. Our study indicates that cross-cultural differences in communication led to missed opportunities in addition to issues, such as racism, occupational segregation, and tokenism. Notably, some Samoan women experienced interracial and gender discrimination, particularly as afa-kasi (half-caste). Samoan career facilitators included mentorship from ‘white’ New Zealand Europeans, establishing future legacies, and a commitment to embracing their Samoan cultural identity. Our results have significant implications regarding how barriers to the glass ceiling shape and impact the careers of Samoans within New Zealand organisations. Consequently, our study contributes to the existing glass ceiling literature by incorporating insights from indigenous Samoans, who have received limited attention in glass ceiling and management research.
dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, ISSN: 0110-0637 (Print); 0110-0637 (Online), 48, 1-24. doi: 10.24135/nzjer.v48ix.155
dc.identifier.doi10.24135/nzjer.v48ix.155
dc.identifier.issn0110-0637
dc.identifier.issn0110-0637
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17593
dc.publisherER Publishing Ltd
dc.relation.urihttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/nzjer/forthcoming/article/155/
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dc.subject1503 Business and Management
dc.subject1608 Sociology
dc.subject2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject3505 Human resources and industrial relations
dc.subject3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.titleBrown Glass Ceiling Career Inequalities? Empirical Evidence from Samoans in New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
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