This week, The New York Times Magazine tackles the question, examining the discontents of the corporate elite, a new labor movement, women's stalled advancement in the workplace, and co-working companies.
Just as a culture of overwork may be a critical component behind women's stalled advancement, these time-related variables may be holding women back as well.
When a woman left, they assumed she was going home to her children". There are no easy answers here, yet the study raises new questions about what types of changes in corporate culture might help the problem of women's stalled advancement.
Online discussion forums are expensive and costly to manage, which has stalled technological advancement in this area of social software.
The report also highlighted the astronomical amount of money and effort the energy lobby has poured into attempts to stall any meaningful advancement of climate legislation, particularly in the US.
Mr. Kirkpatrick had wanted to be the agency's spymaster, but his career advancement stalled when he contracted polio in the early 1950's.
His contributions revolutionized the practice of medicine; but after his death the advancement stalled.
In recent years they have seen both heading in the wrong direction – the gap between rich and poor has grown even as possibilities for economic and social advancement have stalled.
Here's an excerpt and link to the rest: New York officials crafting policy to regulate shale gas drilling amid unanswered health concerns will likely re-open the process to public hearings, essentially guaranteeing more momentum for the movement that has effectively stalled the industry's advancement into the Empire State for more than four years.
While a raise might be nice, it might not solve other issues that require either a promotion (if your job advancement has stalled) or a transfer to another group (if you have personality conflicts with your boss).
Public policies aimed at weakening the patent and standards systems risk stalling the pace of technological advancement.
