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Both the social approach to career development and the theory suggested by Brown and Lent advocate that the individual and his or her environment interact not only to select the individual's career, but also to determine his or her success in that career.

Can you discuss in a paragraph what it is in the environment that contributes to the glass ceiling effect?

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Although this topic is vast, I offer some general ideas for you:

As you discuss how environmental factors contribute to the glass ceiling effect, you might look at the pivotal role of employers and higher personnel in terms of their behaviors and expectations upon female workers or employees of color. For example, many male workers assume that women's productivity or even longevity might be lowered because they feel that women might quit in order to have kids. Thus, the role of employers' expectations "on the propensity for
workers to quit their current jobs" ...

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