Professional women in the transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution: a brazilian gaze

Abstract

An increasing number of studies are being conducted with the objective of understanding discriminatory practices associated with the management of female professionals. Aimed at broadening this discussion in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, this paper discusses results of a quantitative research developed with 45,217 professionals (including women and men) from Brazilian companies participants of the Alliance for the Empowerment of Women, an initiative by UN Women. The results show that women are still underrepresented at the top level of organizations and have little participation in the most demanded professional areas in the context of the Industry 4.0.

Liderança: Representações Sociais E Modelos Mentais Dos Séculos Xx E Xxi

“…Finalmente, em Fonseca, Porto e Borges-Andrade (2015), que defendem uma forma mais abrangente de liderança, com foco não apenas no líder. A visão contemporânea sobre liderança inclui uma percepção inclusiva e plural, revalidando ansiedades de humanização, de convivência e de mudanças de mentalidade, que valorizem a diversidade, a inovação e a criação de espaços organizacionais éticos e igualitários (MILTERSTEINER et al, 2020), para novas gerações de indivíduos e de organizações (SANT'ANNA et al, 2022). A liderança é mais notada, ou apreciada, em tempos de crises interna ou externa, mudanças de cenários e pressões externas sobre a organização.…”

“…Em ambos, há algo em comum: qual o futuro que se espera e quem poderá mostrar um caminho satisfatório a seguir, independentemente do quão profunda será essa transformação? Talvez, por esse motivo, o tema liderança desperte tamanha expectativa na sociedade (SANT'ANNA et al, 2022;BANKS;WOZNYJ;MANSFIELD, 2021), de forma múltipla e com distintas aplicações (ALOK, 2022).…”

The Potential of Leadership: Differences between Mental Models of Leadership in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

“…On the basis of this previous issue, recent studies have discussed vital issues of the topic, such as: how to promote sustainable industrialization [19]; challenges of digitizing organizational processes, increasing the use of digital communication and remote work by leaders [20]; the role of the leader in the implementation of Industry 4.0 [21]; the consideration of social, environmental and economic factors in a joint, integrative and sustainable way [22]; how leaders can use their social media to have greater power of influence in their activity spheres and to reduce the level of distrust in their communities [23]. This is what advances the contemporary perception of the theme's evolution.…”

“…The contemporary vision of leadership includes an inclusive, pluralistic perception, revalidating anxieties of humanization, coexistence and changes in mentality, which value diversity, innovation and the creation of ethical and egalitarian organizational spaces [18], for new generations of individuals and organizations [21] -a kind of renovation management. Leadership is most noticed (or appreciated) in times of internal or external crisis, changing scenarios and external pressures on the organization.…”