Female Leadership Talent Development: The Brazilian Context

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.4619

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Published: Apr 27, 2018
Issue: Vol. 36 No. 2 (2018)
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Keywords: leadership gender talent brazilian women female underrepresentation.

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Authors

Renata Muniz Prado
Denise Souza Fleith

Abstract

Women’s participation in leadership positions is increasing all over the world. Nevertheless, an analysis of the top positions of several careers shows that this progress has been insufficient to equitably drive the professional rise of women to the highest levels of responsibility, power and prestige. In Brazil the situation is not different. Various factors contribute to this phenomenon. Social and cultural influences play a particularly important role in the development of female leadership talent, impacting not just the behavioral patterns incorporated and displayed by women, but also the structure of their professional fields. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the development of talent in the light of gender studies, with an emphasis on factors that interfere in the rise of Brazilian women towards positions of power and leadership. This approach is hoped to elicit a reflection on how the unequal conditions experienced by women are perpetuated and often made to seem natural by valuing their “difference”
Author Biographies

Renata Muniz Prado

Renata Muniz Prado, MsC is a licensed psychologist and a PhD student at the Graduate Program on Processes of Human Development and Health, Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brazil. 

Denise Souza Fleith

Denise de Souza Fleith, Ph.D., is a psychologist and an associate professor at the Institute of Psychology, University of Brasília in Brazil. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Connecticut in gifted and talented education. She is the author of books and articles on creativity and giftedness. She is the vice-president of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children and a researcher from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technical Developmental.
How to Cite
Prado, R. M., & Fleith, D. S. (2018). Female Leadership Talent Development: The Brazilian Context. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 36(2), 363–372. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.4619
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