Sucessão e desafios da carreira feminina em organizações familiares no município de Cerro Largo - RS

Abstract

Women are increasingly seeking to be present in the labor market in higher positions, such as CEO of a company, and one of the ways in which this has been happening is in family succession. When talking about a family business, it is difficult to separate the family from the company, as, certainly, some family member will take over the company, so women have been taking on this role, but they still face some difficulties during succession. Therefore, the research presents the following question as a problem: “What are the challenges for women in family succession processes in the municipality of Cerro Largo?” In view of this, this study has the general objective of “understanding the succession and challenges in the female career in family organizations in the municipality of Cerro Largo”. For this, exploratory research was carried out, with a qualitative approach, adopting the study of multiple cases. Regarding the population, it was delimited based on women who became successors in family organizations in the municipality of Cerro Largo - RS. The sample was by judgment and not probabilistic and data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews. For the evaluation, a pretest of the data collection instrument was carried out. This instrument was tested with a female successor of a family business. Soon after the application, the interview script was improved and, then, seven women were interviewed. Among the main results found, it is noteworthy that the female succession process among these women happened naturally and encouraged by their parents since they were children. The survey results revealed that they face difficulties in working with the family and reconciling the family, children, and work. And also, from the learning they obtained in relation to managing people to better understand how human beings behave in different situations. Another important aspect is that among all the interviews, only one reported having difficulties in business simply because she was a woman. It is noted that the issue of female succession is still a subject little studied in management approaches, and it is suggested that it be addressed with more in-depth and multiple studies.