Atitudes de mulheres com relação ao teto de vidro: um estudo em empresas do setor de tecnologia de informação e comunicação

• Autor(a) principal: Cardoso, Andreia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/23647
• topic: teto de vidro; setor de TIC; carreira das mulheres; career pathways survey; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO DE EMPRESAS

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is an environment hegemonically male and reflects the low proportion of women in undergraduate courses in the areas as Engineering, Computer and Technology. In this scenario, the question is whether women find more barriers to career advancement in the ICT sector. The glass ceiling is defined as a transparent and strong barrier that could prevent woman to ascend position in organizations. The researches related woman career advancement in organizations mostly address their perceptions regarding the main barriers they face due to the glass ceiling, such as prejudice, discrimination, stereotype, female leadership, conflict between career, family, and motherhood. In a search in the literature, no studies were found related to the woman attitudes toward the glass ceiling in ICT section, which stimulated the development of the following research problem: What is the relationship between the constant coexistence in academic and professional of women in male-dominated environment and their attitudes towards glass ceiling? The leaving in environments with male predominance was analyzed considering the following context variables: working in ICT area, male predominant working group composition, and under graduation in Engineering, Computer, and Technology areas. A quantitative research was carried out with the application of the Career Pathways Survey (CPS) questionnaire to women in all functions and hierarchical levels, who work in two multinational companies from ICT sector in Brazil. The research results showed that on the contrary to what was raised by the theories, no relations were found between the coexistence in predominantly male environments and woman attitudes towards the glass ceiling. However, it has been identified that women tend to have more favorable attitudes in pursuing promotion. In other words, even living in predominantly male environments, they still look for stop for climbing up the ladder toward promotion and professional ascension.