Barreiras e contextos de ascensão das mulheres em cargos de alta gestão no setor de tecnologia

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the barriers to the rise of women to senior management positions and in which contexts they are promoted, especially in the technology sector, considered as one of the most masculinized and complex for the rise of the female gender. To this end, a review was carried out on feminist economics, on the cliff/glass ceiling phenomenon in order to understand how it works regarding the barriers already documented and known by the existing literature, as well as on the gender integration agenda created in 1995 at the Beijing Conference for Women. A lack of sectorization was noted in previous studies and an attempt was made to understand the technology sector using the qualitative method with semi-structured interviews with ten female managers of the proposed sector. We noticed that the literature was largely corroborated by the women's statements, that is, they continue to be promoted in contexts of crisis or not favorable scenarios for their leadership and feel heavily the existing barriers and stereotypes for their entry into the sector of technology, as well as their difficulties to rise to senior management positions, even with actions taken by the companies they work for to reduce gender inequality.