Las mujeres y el acceso al liderazgo

  • Claudia Alejandra Hernández Herrera Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Resumen

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las percepciones de mujeres y hombres sobre las razones por las que hay menos mujeres líderes que hombres, considerando factores como la discriminación y los prejuicios, los roles de género, las oportunidades de crecimiento, las posibles estrategias que los empleadores podrían implementar para impulsar a las mujeres a ocupar puestos de liderazgo, y el equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal. A través de este análisis, se pretende proporcionar una comprensión más profunda de los obstáculos a los que se enfrentan las mujeres. Este es un estudio cualitativo en el que se utilizó un cuestionario para recabar los puntos de vista de los participantes. La recolección de datos se realizó de manera digital a través de redes sociales, obteniendo un total de 392 respuestas. El muestreo empleado fue por conveniencia. Los resultados muestran que las mujeres reconocen su falta de presencia en puestos de liderazgo debido a que las oportunidades laborales son mayores para los hombres, además de que persiste la creencia de que las mujeres son incapaces de liderar. También enfrentan barreras como los techos de cristal, los sistemas patriarcales, la emocionalidad, y la minimización de su trabajo y habilidades. Por otro lado, los hombres señalaron que hay pocas mujeres líderes porque a ellas se les exige mucho más que a los hombres para llegar a estas posiciones, sumado a los roles y estereotipos de género que retrasan o bloquean su acceso a puestos de decisión, como las responsabilidades domésticas y la maternidad. Se concluye que las organizaciones deben tener la voluntad de implementar estrategias orientadas a atraer y retener talento femenino, desarrollar programas de capacitación sobre liderazgo, y fomentar la flexibilización de los horarios laborales, la igualdad de género, y la erradicación del acoso y el hostigamiento sexual.

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2024-10-18
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Hernández Herrera, C. A. (2024). Las mujeres y el acceso al liderazgo. RIDE Revista Iberoamericana Para La Investigación Y El Desarrollo Educativo, 15(29). https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v15i29.2120
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