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Collin Davis

Leader: Within the same concepts of the other terms surrounding the workplace, there are similar terms for restrictions and barriers concerning women and their roles within organizations and how they coincide with their maternal duties. These "Invisible Barriers" function as a metaphors to describe the extra circumstances that women undergo, usually when trying to advance within areas of their careers and at often times while trying to advance within their lives outside of their work spaces. Their are a few metaphors that signify these barriers:

1)  Second Shift

The second shift focuses on the idea that women ultimately work a second shift in the sense of having a greater workload, not just doing a greater share of domestic work, but it is obscure because it largely. All of the task that are engaged in outside of the workplace are mainly tied to motherhood. Depending on location, household income, educational attainment, ethnicity and location. Data shows that women do work a second shift in the sense of having a greater workload, not just doing a greater share of domestic work, but this is not apparent if simultaneous activity is overlooked.

2)  Mommy Track

Mommy Track is referred to as women simply disregarding their career and professional duties inorder to satisfy the needs of their families. An interesting concept comes as response to the "Mommy Track". Women are often subject to long work hours which places an imbalance within the work-family schedule. Their is research suggesting that women were able to function on a part-time professional schedule compared to others working full time while still engaging in external family activities and that a flexible work arrangement allows for the achievement of a healthy work and family balance.

.. 2)     Metaphors for Career and Foreign Cultures

a.      Leaky Pipeline

b.      Nordic Nirvana