A liderança feminina nas organizações: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

This study aimed to present a synthesis of national scientific articles published on the theme of female leadership in organizations, and to analyze how this theme has been addressed in the Administration. For this, a Systematic Literature Review was carried out, which searched for national publications on the subject, on the SPELL and ANPAD search platforms, without temporal restriction. Systematic reviews of the literature help to map and at the same time synthesize in order to document recent findings on the subject with regard to women in leadership positions, providing elements that can help understand the experiences of women leaders. The set of articles presents how the theme was treated in the Administration, showing evolution, advances, achievements, and at the same time, how challenges and inequalities persist. The differentiation suffered by women in strategic positions is a common fact in the Brazilian labor market over time. Even though, in most cases, such professionals have a better education than men, such degree of knowledge is not reflected in their salaries and in the positions occupied by them. The justification and relevance for this research is the need to understand that women have been gaining their place of work in organizations and understand gender differences when it comes to leadership, a topic of particular interest to women who work in these positions, for human resources professionals, for academia, and especially for the Administration.