Beyond the Transparent Barrier: A Domain Visualization and Integrative Review of Contemporary Research on Gender-Based Professional Stasis
Pankaj Kumar Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Asokan Vasudevan, Premendra Kumar Singh, CS Jyoti Arora, Trinkul Kalita, Purvi Pujari, Aditya Ranjan, Mahesh Uniyal · 2026
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Pankaj Kumar Tyagi and team mapped research on gender-based career stall, the glass ceiling that holds women from leadership. Their 2026 field-mapping and joined-up review paired a PRISMA-guided systematic literature review with citation mapping, sifting peer-reviewed English Scopus papers from 2015 to 2025 down to 186 records. Link maps built on shared references, co-citations, and shared keywords with VOSviewer picked out the most weighty authors, papers, countries, and journals.
The study found four linked theme areas in today's glass ceiling research, spanning social sciences, business, economics, humanities, and psychology. It traced how the field's brain structure shifted despite decades of policy reforms, diversity drives, and greater gender equality awareness. The team pulls together structural drivers of gendered career blocks across these themes. It puts forward future research paths, aiming to deepen grasp of why women stay markedly absent from leadership roles in most countries.
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| CREATOR | Pankaj Kumar Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Asokan Vasudevan, Premendra Kumar Singh, CS Jyoti Arora, Trinkul Kalita, Purvi Pujari, Aditya Ranjan, Mahesh Uniyal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |