'entrenched expectations' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to expectations or beliefs that are heavily ingrained or held in a strong manner, often without examination or question. For example, "The entrenched expectations of the older generation can be difficult to challenge or change."
The challenge for Mr. Abe has been to reverse those entrenched expectations.
Entrenched expectations of senior women in business and testosterone-fuelled boardrooms must change before we will see true diversity.
It takes not only talent but also nerve to mix the two without disrupting people's entrenched expectations.
Contributing factors include entrenched expectations of a woman's place in the domestic sphere, low endorsement from political parties and the greater difficulties women have in accessing funding and resources for election campaigning.
Attempting a new translation of "The Odyssey" is like directing "Hamlet". Much of your audience knows the work well, and they take their seats with entrenched expectations and the intonations of favorite performances reverberating in their heads.
The job shortage in the face of a gradual recovery is a problem bedeviling not just France but all of Western Europe, where entrenched expectations that the state will look out for its workers are colliding with the pitiless challenges of global competition.
As finance minister, he steered through the Real Plan, a clever mix of budget cuts, a new currency and a mechanism to break entrenched inflationary expectations.
But experts say the real roadblocks have far more to do with entrenched gender expectations in heterosexual relationships.
But Mr. Abe's bid has reached a critical juncture in recent weeks, as initial investor enthusiasm over his economic programs gave way to a colder-eyed look at the difficulties of turning around an economy so entrenched in deflationary expectations.
It's one of the reasons why, even though Lowe is concerned about entrenched low inflation expectations, that interest rates are unlikely to be cut, even if the next inflation figure out next week shows inflation to be below 2%.
Inertia of the existing social systems habituated by the current management paradigm is entrenched in social expectations and agencies' cultures.
