Challenges Women Experience in Leadership Careers: An Integrative Review

Enkhzul Galsanjigmed () and Tomoki Sekiguchi
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Enkhzul Galsanjigmed: Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Tomoki Sekiguchi: Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Merits, 2023, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-24

Abstract: A part of diversity management is working to achieve gender equality and create a comfortable working environment for women. However, in many organizations, gender biases and stereotypes frequently occur, consciously or unconsciously, regardless of whether women take on leadership roles. In addition, women must overcome a variety of challenges when taking on leadership roles or aspiring to become leaders. Based on the above background, we review and integrate the literature on management and career studies related to the challenges that women face in the process of advancing to leadership positions in organizations. Specifically, we examine the external and internal factors that create the various obstacles that women who aspire to leadership positions in structured organizations face from a gender perspective. Based on the integrative review, we discuss the implications for practices to increase the number of female leaders.

Keywords: gender biases; gender stereotypes; self-gender stereotypes; glass ceiling; organizations; external factors; internal factors; leadership positions; women’s career; women’s leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J L M (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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