Um estudo sobre os desafios da trajetória profissional da mulher ao alcançar cargos de liderança

Abstract

Since entering the workplace, women's professional careers are full of challenges, which are even greater when they reach leadership positions. Considering this multifunctional profile of women, which allows them to assume different roles whether in the family environment or in society, in addition to seeking recognition and professional advancement in the job market over the years, this study seeks to answer the following questions: What are the challenges faced by a woman in her professional journey to reach leadership positions? How to overcome them? What successful experiences can become references for other women? To answer these questions, the main objective of this work is to describe the challenges that women faced in their professional careers when taking on leadership roles and understand the ways to overcome them. To achieve the proposed objective, the methodology used was a descriptive case study with a qualitative approach, the research subjects were women in leadership positions and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection instruments. To analyze the results, discourse analysis techniques were used. In this way, it was found that there are countless challenges faced by women in their professional career, including the double shift, keeping up to date by always seeking new knowledge, the disproportionate demand for dealing with everything that many women impose on them. same and, when you are a leader, you are also concerned with results and people management. You need to maintain a balance between personal and professional life to be successful in your professional career.