Conciliação trabalho-família e o acesso das mulheres a funções executivas

: meta-análise qualitativa

Abstract

Although the presence of women in the labor market has been increasing, women continue to have less weight in executive positions in most European Union countries. Indeed, women have demonstrated an interest in reaching these hierarchical levels, but the role socially attributed to them as caregivers still seems to have major implications on the way they manage their professional lives. In this sense, the present study aims to understand how work-life balance influences women's access to executive positions. This study consists of a qualitative meta-analysis that identifies, interprets, and summarizes results of research carried out on the topic in the last five years. This meta-analysis consists of a sample of 30 articles, which were analyzed using the content analysis technique. The results indicate that traditional gender roles continue to have an important impact in the way families organize their professional lives. In fact, women continue to be primarily responsible for the home and family care, resulting in less time available to dedicate to their professional life, thus hindering their performance and influencing selection processes, reinforcing gender inequalities in executive positions. On the other hand, the results suggest that Human Resources Management has a fundamental role in implementing practices that promote the prevention of gender inequalities in access to top management, resulting from women's difficulty in reconciling their personal and professional lives.

Date of Award	7 Dec 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Camilo Valverde (Supervisor) & Maria Isabel G. G. Castro Guimarães (Co-Supervisor)