The barriers women face

MBA in Human resources management

 Women’s short history before leadership

 Women’s struggle, and history to achieve and

Introduction conquer equals rights, the right to study and
equal place in organizations, in other words, in
the business world.
Introduction The motivation and importance of understanding the
difficulties and why they exist, that women face to
achieve such positions and break the glass ceiling.
The research aims to analyse gender inequality, the
impact and consequences this issue brings to the
organizations in Ireland, and society itself.
 Proposition
Research
The existance of the glass ceiling that women face to
Propostion get to the top.
  Historic context of women's history in work and
genre issues
Literature –  Stereotypes, characterizing women as only
maternal and not aggressive.
Stereotypes
 Women get their space in the business world.
 Barriers to get to leadership positions
  Glass – ceiling
 Lack of representation
Literature –
 Issues connected to the organizations HR and
Obstacles society
  Concept of a good leader
Literature -  What is missing to get to leader positions.
Leadership
  The research will compliment previous
hypothesis of glass ceiling
 The research will compliment glass ceiling
theories adding new and other barriers women
face
 The research will also compliment existing
Contextualising studies on women’s leadership.
the proposal in
the Literature
Research Qualitative Research

Methodology  Purposive sampling

 5-10 samples
Sampling /Data Face-to-face interview

collection  Semi structured interview

 20- 30 minutes
 Recorded interview
  Comparative method
 Use crictical thinking to synthesize the data
Data Analysis  Examine the interview for managers and women’s
in high position’s insights
  Approach conceptual and contextualization about
women and organizations
 Describe the problems, identify.
Research  Gather all the data for the research
Strategy  Qualitative research, interviews face-to-face,
online questionnaires
 Analyse the data and conclusions
  Lack of research material to answer the main
question
Research  No real evidences why women are
underrepresented.
Limitations
 Not expressive samples
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