The impacts of gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity on project managers' roles in Brazil



Document title: The impacts of gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity on project managers' roles in Brazil
Journal: Revista de gestao e projetos
Database: CLASE
System number: 000418188
ISSN: 2236-0972
Authors: 1

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Institutions: 1Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica e de Empresas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Abr
Volumen: 5
Number: 1
Pages: 1-14
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Ensayo
Approach: Socioeconómico
English abstract This paper aims to study how different psycho-demographic traits may influence the activities and career progression of project managers (PM). We carried out an empirical qualitative research with PMs in Brazil, taking into account the peculiarities of this culture. There were conducted interviews with project managers that were transcribed and subjected to discourse analysis. We found out that the soft skills proved to be crucial abilities needed by this manager for his/her career progression, and that these professionals perceive their professional success by either the growing complexity of the projects leaded by him/her, or also by taking a more strategic and less operational career path. Besides it was possible to infer that the soft skills are influenced by the local culture. This research has also suggested the existence of glass doors and ceilings for ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities. These professionals seem to carry out their functions with a cost greater than the one required by their male, white and heterosexuals peers, as well as they need to prove resilient to such domination
Portuguese abstract O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar como as características psicodemográficas diferentes podem influenciar as atividades e progressão de carreira do gerente de projeto (GP) que os detêm. Foi realizada uma pesquisa empírica qualitatitiva com gerentes de projetos brasileiros, levando em conta as peculiaridades de sua cultura. Realizamos entrevistas com vários profissionais, as quais foram submetidas à análise de discurso. Constatou-se como resultado que as competências comportamentais são consideradas habilidades cruciais para progresso na carreira, sendo possível inferir que há forte interferência da cultura local. A existência de portas de vidro e tetos foi percebido, como uma metáfora para as barreiras invisíveis que limitam a PM para atuar nesta carreira. Esses profissionais parecem desempenhar suas funções com maior custo do que o exigido por serem homens, branco e heterossexuais pares, assim como eles precisam provar resistente a tal dominação
Disciplines: Administración y contaduría,
Sociología
Keyword: Recursos humanos,
Sociología del trabajo,
Género,
Orientación sexual,
Etnias,
Gerentes,
Cultura,
Brasil
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