Trajetórias profissionais de mulheres contadoras de Uberlândia (MG) e região

Abstract

The research sought to analyze the professional trajectory of women accountants in Uberlândia - MG and region with a focus on analyzing the existence of gender discrimination in the work environment and understanding the perceptible changes during this journey. A descriptive and qualitative research was conducted, with six interviews being conducted. The profile of the interviewees are female accountants, aged between 33 and 55 years, and experience between 10 and 34 years. The method used was to send an invitation letter for the purpose of the research through the social network LinkedIn, where the participants were identified through the network's research tool; as the interviews took place on the Zoom platform, it was also used for the snowball technique. The results clearly indicate the professional evolution of the accountants interviewed, but persistent gender discrimination by co-workers, gender differentiation and few women in leadership positions are still clear.