Mulheres nos cargos de gestão do setor atacadista de Uberlândia – MG: uma análise sob a perspectiva do Glass Ceiling

Abstract

Although women have conquered their space in companies and in the labor market, this market is not yet a favorable space for them, who face barriers to the rise and also several difficulties associated with gender. Visualizing these challenges in the professional career of women, this work seeks to analyze, from the perspective of the Glass Ceiling, the factors that act as facilitators or complicators in the trajectory of women in management positions in the wholesale sector of the City of Uberlândia-MG. To achieve the objective outlined, descriptive research was developed with a qualitative approach, by conducting a case study in a wholesaler company located in Uberlândiamg. The results of the analyses indicate that there are barriers that hinder the arrival of women in high positions, as well as the absence of practices in the Human Resources sector, some resistance on the part of the company leadership and a cycle of successions in sectors male-dominated. As a positive point, the study indicates that the Human Resources sector understands that awareness needs to happen alongside the promotion of opportunities for women.