"Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Carlos
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Durão, Marília, Bakas, Fiona, Breda, Zélia, Carvalho, Inês, Caçador, Sandra
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694
Resumo: This paper investigates the often invisible barriers to women’s career development and performance, through systematic review of literature on gender and labour within organisations. The methodological approach used in this study consists of a thorough literature review of scientific papers collected, via the Online Knowledge Library (b-on). Although gender equality in the labour market is a generally perceived as a ‘win-win’ situation for organisations and society as a whole, several barriers are imposed to women’s career development, which are driven by theoretical misconceptions. Executive leadership is a role that is still particularly difficult for women to achieve.On the organisational level, an important contribution this paper makes relates to the identification and analysis of the barriers and sources of discrimination that affect women’s professional lives. Within the academic context, it acts as a wake-up call for researchers, to take additional care when addressing gender issues. This is because usage of inappropriate research methodologies creates knowledge that fails to represent women’s contemporary reality. The awareness of organisations regarding the benefits derived from having a gender-balanced workforce can be enhanced.
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spelling "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performanceGenderGlass ceiling/cliffNetworksSegregationEconomic performanceThis paper investigates the often invisible barriers to women’s career development and performance, through systematic review of literature on gender and labour within organisations. The methodological approach used in this study consists of a thorough literature review of scientific papers collected, via the Online Knowledge Library (b-on). Although gender equality in the labour market is a generally perceived as a ‘win-win’ situation for organisations and society as a whole, several barriers are imposed to women’s career development, which are driven by theoretical misconceptions. Executive leadership is a role that is still particularly difficult for women to achieve.On the organisational level, an important contribution this paper makes relates to the identification and analysis of the barriers and sources of discrimination that affect women’s professional lives. Within the academic context, it acts as a wake-up call for researchers, to take additional care when addressing gender issues. This is because usage of inappropriate research methodologies creates knowledge that fails to represent women’s contemporary reality. The awareness of organisations regarding the benefits derived from having a gender-balanced workforce can be enhanced.2021-10-11T15:32:58Z2021-10-112015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfBakas, Fiona; Costa, C., Breda, Z., Durao, M., Carvalho, I., & Caçador, S. (2015). "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance. Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, Special issue , (23), 9-19. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694Bakas, Fiona; Costa, C., Breda, Z., Durao, M., Carvalho, I., & Caçador, S. (2015). "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance. Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, Special issue , (23), 9-19. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694eng1645-9261http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCosta, CarlosDurão, MaríliaBakas, FionaBreda, ZéliaCarvalho, InêsCaçador, Sandrareponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-16T02:09:43Zoai:repositorio.upt.pt:11328/3694Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:40:33.167315Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
title "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
spellingShingle "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
Costa, Carlos
Gender
Glass ceiling/cliff
Networks
Segregation
Economic performance
title_short "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
title_full "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
title_fullStr "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
title_full_unstemmed "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
title_sort "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance
author Costa, Carlos
author_facet Costa, Carlos
Durão, Marília
Bakas, Fiona
Breda, Zélia
Carvalho, Inês
Caçador, Sandra
author_role author
author2 Durão, Marília
Bakas, Fiona
Breda, Zélia
Carvalho, Inês
Caçador, Sandra
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Carlos
Durão, Marília
Bakas, Fiona
Breda, Zélia
Carvalho, Inês
Caçador, Sandra
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gender
Glass ceiling/cliff
Networks
Segregation
Economic performance
topic Gender
Glass ceiling/cliff
Networks
Segregation
Economic performance
description This paper investigates the often invisible barriers to women’s career development and performance, through systematic review of literature on gender and labour within organisations. The methodological approach used in this study consists of a thorough literature review of scientific papers collected, via the Online Knowledge Library (b-on). Although gender equality in the labour market is a generally perceived as a ‘win-win’ situation for organisations and society as a whole, several barriers are imposed to women’s career development, which are driven by theoretical misconceptions. Executive leadership is a role that is still particularly difficult for women to achieve.On the organisational level, an important contribution this paper makes relates to the identification and analysis of the barriers and sources of discrimination that affect women’s professional lives. Within the academic context, it acts as a wake-up call for researchers, to take additional care when addressing gender issues. This is because usage of inappropriate research methodologies creates knowledge that fails to represent women’s contemporary reality. The awareness of organisations regarding the benefits derived from having a gender-balanced workforce can be enhanced.
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Bakas, Fiona; Costa, C., Breda, Z., Durao, M., Carvalho, I., & Caçador, S. (2015). "Walking on broken glass": the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance. Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, Special issue , (23), 9-19. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694
http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3694
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