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The challenges of female managers in Ireland

Sardinha Lima, Giselle (2019) The challenges of female managers in Ireland. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

This research aims to find the challenges of female managers in Ireland. The purpose of this topic is to better understand the difficulties which female managers in Ireland have to overcome during their professional life. Therefore, help companies to improve their organizational culture solving some of the issues that female managers in Ireland face.

To comply with this objective, quantitative methodology was used to conduct the research, in which 89 participants answered an online survey with Likert scale questions. Then, all data was analyzed by IBM SSPS software.

The author discovered that work life and family life balance, promotion and difficulty leading a team are challenges that female managers in Ireland have to overcome.

Even with changes in companies’ policies and culture, female managers still have extra pressure and extra work to achieve their professional goals.

With this research, companies can help female managers to achieve their goals as professionals who have responsibilities with their families and are able to accomplish it.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Gender
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Leadership
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Leadership
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Organisational Behaviour > Organisational Culture
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Classes of Labour > Women and Work
Divisions: School of Business > Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
Depositing User: Caoimhe Ní Mhaicín
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2019 14:15
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2019 14:15
URI: https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/3970

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