Liderança feminina nas organizações: contribuições da gestão de projetos

Abstract

The excessive volume of articles and materials available on the topic of female leadership proves the existence of a considerable amount of that matter related to it to be studied. Therefore, the effective number of women in senior positions is still significant smaller than men, both in Brazil and worldwide. Thus, it is clear to notice that there are barriers that prevent many executive women from reaching higher spots, as well as positive factors that contribute to some of them having reached strategic places. Project management has been contributing the organizations to achieve their strategic goals, although there is a lot to look into it, concerning to its use to increase the number of women in C-Level positions within organizations. In this context, this dissertation aims to identify how project management may contribute to increasing female leadership inside organizations. In order to identify whether positive or negative factors may favor or disfavor the women leaders development in these organizations, as well as understanding how project management has been contributing in their careers, are the core objectives of the present study. All of these subjects were observed through qualitative research, with in-depth and exploratory interviews among senior management women professionals granted with C-Level positions. As a result of the study, it was observed that project management has contributed to expose and give executive women visibility before the senior stakeholders, which gives these women the opportunity to highlight their knowledge, contributing therefore to enhance the decision making process and additionally increasing their learning capacity. This research also made possible to understand either positive and negative factors that are related to the women leadership development inside organizations. Also, this research mainly seeks to contribute to increase the number of women reaching higher positions within organizations, using project management as a tool to boost their careers.