Female leadership in a markedly male sector: an exploratory study applied to the granite transformation sector

Cardim, Sofia; Nunes, Alcina

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Female leadership in a markedly male sector: an exploratory study applied to the granite transformation sector

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dc.contributor.author	Cardim, Sofia
dc.contributor.author	Nunes, Alcina
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-06T10:38:37Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-06T10:38:37Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	Even though the participation levels of women in the paid labour market is similar to men, as well as female education levels, essentially in the higher levels of education, such acquisitions are not yet accompanied by equality in leadership and access to certain management and headship positions in a large group of Portuguese companies. It is also a reality that the Portuguese business network is composed mostly of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), many of which have a family structure, composed by the couple and, in some cases, also by their sons and daughters, when they are old enough to access the labour work. Accordingly, in this research work, the focal objective is to understand the main advantages and difficulties regarding leadership (assumed by women) of two companies in the industrial sector, specifically in stone (granite) transformation. To reach the proposed objective, a research is carried out with a mixed character. That is, in a first phase of quantitative and descriptive character, under which we intend to analyse the outlook of the industrial sector regarding the leadership according to gender. Secondly, a qualitative analysis is conducted, in which we try to understand how women, who lead two companies in the abovementioned area, develop their work, with which constraints and challenges they face, in a markedly masculine area. Accordingly, in the first phase of the research a statistical analysis using secondary data is performed, and in the second phase, once it is a qualitative research, with the main objective of understanding the reality, we used the structured interview, directed to two women who occupy the central position in two companies of the northern region of Portugal. Regarding the first part of the investigation, it is concluded that inequality still exists in Portuguese labour market, regarding gender, not only in access to leadership positions but also in access to certain professions and in certain sectors of activity.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Cardim, Sofia; Nunes, Alcina (2018). Female leadership in a markedly male sector: an exploratory study applied to the granite transformation sector. In I Encontro Internacional de Língua Portuguesa e Relações Lusófonas. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança.	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-972-745-249-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/21545
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/16632	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Leadership	pt_PT
dc.subject	Management	pt_PT
dc.subject	Portuguese SMEs	pt_PT
dc.subject	Inequality	pt_PT
dc.subject	Gender	pt_PT
dc.title	Female leadership in a markedly male sector: an exploratory study applied to the granite transformation sector	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Bragança, Portugal	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	85	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	85	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	I Encontro Internacional de Língua Portuguesa e Relações Lusófonas: LUSOCONF2018	pt_PT
person.familyName	Cardim Barata
person.familyName	Nunes
person.givenName	Ana Sofia
person.givenName	Alcina
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