2014
DOI: 10.5007/2175-8077.2014v16n39p210
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Pride and prejudice beyond the glass ceiling: Brazilian female executives´ psychological type

Abstract: This paper intends to relate characteristics of female executive psychological type with their male colleagues in corporations operating in Brazil (CEOs, VPs/directors and top managers). The theoretical framework explores the glass ceiling and the prejudices faced by female executives. It was developed a mixed qualitativequantitative method. In the quantitative part we interviewed 743 men and 222 women from 344 corporations. We applied also the questionnaire MBTI to 430 of these executives. In the qualitative … Show more

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“…The CPS represent the beliefs of women about the glass ceiling psychologically. In essence, it affects the female employees psychologically, and as such it determines how they cope with the barriers of the glass ceiling [22]. Moreover, the glass ceiling belief is built on both an optimistic and pessimistic reliance on the possibilities of women being able to climb up to higher echelons.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The CPS represent the beliefs of women about the glass ceiling psychologically. In essence, it affects the female employees psychologically, and as such it determines how they cope with the barriers of the glass ceiling [22]. Moreover, the glass ceiling belief is built on both an optimistic and pessimistic reliance on the possibilities of women being able to climb up to higher echelons.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The glass ceiling beliefs represent a psychological view of women’s beliefs about the glass ceiling. As the psychological makeup of female employees has a vital impact on how they deal with glass barriers (Tanure et al , 2014), we have investigated the relationship of beliefs about glass ceiling with important subjective career aspects, such as work engagement and burnout, in this study.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Com a consolidação da participação da mulher no mercado de trabalho brasileiro, ela se vê obrigada a lidar com o paradoxo entre o trabalho externo e o doméstico, desafio que persiste na maioria das famílias brasileiras (Bruschini, 1994). A dupla jornada de trabalho e a dificuldade de compartilhar as atividades do lar com o homem, que muitas vezes se encontra indisponível, geram uma sobrecarga para a mulher que ainda carrega o peso da tradição de ser mãe e esposa (Tanure et al, 2014). Portanto, a "mulher saiu de casa", porém o "homem não entrou", caracterizando a realidade de muitos lares brasileiros onde há essa sobrecarga da mulher em decorrência da sua dupla jornada de trabalho (Valadares, 2016).…”
Section: A Mulher No Mercado De Trabalhounclassified
“…Ou seja, os respondentes não pensaram em sair da organização devido à dificuldade de conciliar questões pessoais e profissionais, nem entendem que isso seja uma das principais dificuldades que enfrentam. Novamente, quando se considera as respostas sem diferenciação por sexo, não é de se estranhar que a percepção geral é de que o equilíbrio trabalho-família é fácil de ser alcançado, já que esta é a percepção majoritária dos homens (Tanure et al, 2014;Valadares, 2016).…”
Section: Análise Descritiva Numéricaunclassified
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