Male Pre-School Principals’ Experiences on Glass Escalator

The glass escalator is a metaphor used to describe how men in feminized workplaces move up career ladders, and this study aims determine the experiences of male pre-school principals possible effects cultural values on results through ranks because gender norms job expectations. In context, meetings are held with four school principals, working Kocaeli education institutions. As an interpretive approach, phenomenology study. criterion sampling method snowball method, which among purposeful methods, together forming group. Research findings discussed terms individual factors. former mainly related preferences who tend see institutions as opportunity for promotion. This perspective from standpoint ‘visibility’, emerges advantageous feature but not women. Cultural factors, other hand, culturally-influenced beliefs regarding female roles. Because management seen occupation, teachers also prefer support principals.