The New Glass Ceiling

摘要

There may be some women in local government who have broken through the glass ceiling. But has a new ceiling emerged for district chief executives aiming for jobs in larger authorities? A recent Audit Commission report outlined the difficulty of recruiting chief executives, claiming councils were 'recycling' their top bosses too much, going for the safe option of hiring existing chief executives from similar authorities - and driving up the cost of salaries at the same time.