Female leadership in the creative industries

• Main Author: Boda, Harmony Marie Paulette
• Publication Date: 2019
• Format: Master thesis
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18944
• topic: Creative industries; Female; Leadership; Management; Liderança; Mulher; Criatividade -- Creativity; Indústria; Gestão

The under-representation of female gender and especially female leaders in the creative industries is an increasingly debated issue. Several papers in the literature and in media have been written concerning the lack of women especially at senior positions in the sector with the purpose of explaining the source of this problem. Although point of views on this topic differ, understanding the under-representation of women at leadership roles has been problematic due to a lack of information and data as the sector is rapidly changing. The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative understanding of the under-representation of women leaders in the creative industries and how successful female leaders perceive the problem and battle the challenges imposed by the sector. Based on literature review, a specific research has been implemented in order to understand the phenomenon in creative organisations.