Orientador: Ana Maria de Andrade Caldeira / Banca: Maria Filomena Rodrigues Teixeira / Banca: Ana Claudia Bortolozzi Maia / Banca: Daniela Auad / Banca: Paulo Rennes Marçal Ribeiro / Resumo: A presente pesquisa foi empreendida a partir de um curso de Educação em Sexualidade, componentes da parte diversificada do currículo escolar do 9º ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública do município de Juiz de Fora - MG, Brasil. Sexualidade e gênero são tomados em seu conceito amplo, entendidos como construções históricas, sociais e culturais. Os objetivos específicos visaram identificar e analisar representações de sexualidade e gênero sustentados pelo/as alunos/as bem como analisar o conteúdo de sexualidade e gênero presente em pedagogias culturais e sua utilização em contextos de ensino. A metodologia adotada para a coleta dos dados foi de natureza qualitativa, do tipo observação participante, em que a pesquisadora atuou também como professora do curso. A análise dos dados apoiou-se na análise de conteúdo das manifestações dos/as alunos/as obtidas a partir das transições das aulas, que foram gravadas em áudio. Também foram analisadas produções escritas dos/as alunos/as e artefatos de mídia que abordam temas de sexuliadade e gênero. os resultados indicaram que os/as alunos/as sustentam representações de sexualidade associadas, sobretudo, às práticas sexuais. As relações de gênero foram reconhecidas como desiguais e naturalizadas, mesmo quando as diferenças e desigualdades foram atribuídas a fatores sociais. As discussões em classe, porém, oportunizaram a reflexão a respeito do conceito de sexualidade bem como sobre as relações de gênero, favorecendo a incorporação de novos elementos para sua consideração. As pedagogias culturais, de modo geral, veiculam noções essencialistas e biologizantes a respeito da sexualidade e do gênero, veiculando representações estereotipadas que merecem a problematização em contextos de ensino. As implicações da pesquisa referem-se... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research was undertaken from a course of Sexuality Education, part of the diversified component of the school curriculum in the 9th grade of elementary school at a public school in the city of Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil. Sexuality and gender are taken in its broadest dimension, understood as historical, social and cultural constructions. The specific objectives aimed at identifying and analyzing sexuality and gender representations held by students as well as analyzing the content of sexuality and gender in this cultural pedagogies and their use in educational contexts. The qualitative methodology was taken for data collection, like participant observation, in which the researcher also served as a teacher of the course. Data analysis relied on content analysis of the students speech that were obtained from transcripts of classes activities, which were audio-recorded. Students written production and media artifacts were also analyzed. The results indicated that the students maintain representations of sexuality as sexual practices. Gender relations were recognized as unequal and naturalized, even when differences and inequalities were attributed to social factors. The class discussions, however, allowed the reflection about the concept of sexuality as well as gender relations, promoting the incorporation of new elements for consideration. The cultural pedagogies, in general, present biologizing and essentialist notions about sexuality and gender, conveying stereotypical representations that deserve questioning in teaching contexts. he implications of the research refer to the contribution to the knowledge in the area, favoring the planning of teaching strategies in order to broaden the notion of sexuality and gende... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Entrepreneurs play a vital role in the modern day economy. Knowing what causes an individual to become an entrepreneur has fostered much attention in academic literature, but not enough of the research has looked into individual level variables that could cause an individual to have an entrepreneurial intention. This study addresses this need in research by utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior to investigate entrepreneurial intention. Not all entrepreneurs are alike. Some entrepreneurs are motivated by financial gains while others are motivated by social concerns. The individual characteristics of entrepreneurs may not be identical, but it is believed that there are similarities. This current study uses a self-report survey approach to examine the potential impact that barriers to entry into entrepreneurship will have upon an individual’s commercial and social entrepreneurial intention. This study will also examine the moderating effect of gender identity, grit, and the Dark Triad of personality upon the previously established relationship of the three TPB antecedents to intention and commercial and social entrepreneurial intention.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:35:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-01-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:24:21Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 toledo_lg_dr_assis.pdf: 3656279 bytes, checksum: 2f4e2789f5b2f4a62a614e854b029d40 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / A partir de uma perspectiva pós-estruturalista de entendimento das subjetividades em processo de permanente construção, essa pesquisa propõe problematizar como se articulam o desejo (DELEUZE, 1975, 1995; GUATTARI; ROLNIK, 1996), entendido como vontade de potência (NIETZSCHE, 2011), e as tecnologias de normatização e opressão sobre pessoas de biocorpos femininos que vivenciam o erotismo dissidente da heteronormatividade residentes no interior do Estado de São Paulo, na região da cidade de Assis. Tendo em vista o uso de gênero como categoria analítica (SCOTT, 1986/2003; RUBIN, 1975/2003, 1989; LAURETIS, 2000; PRECIADO, 2008, 2009), foram produzidas dez Narrativas de Histórias de Vida de pessoas que se inserem nessa categoria existencial subalterna, com faixa etária variando entre 19 e 48 anos, buscando uma população heterogênea nos eixos geracional, bem como em relação às categorias de classe, cor/raça/etnia e nível de escolaridade. As Narrativas nos permitiram adentrar em um campo subjetivo e concreto, visando apreender seus processos de subjetivação relacionando seus desejos aos registros sociais de (in)visibilidade e exclusão. Na Pesquisa Narrativa (CLANDININ; CONNELLY, 2000), objetiva-se elucidar como uma vida, ou parte dela, permite reconstituir processos históricos e socioculturais. Assim, os focos de análise foram: as relações infrapessoais, pessoais e interpessoais, em instituições como a família e a escola, bem como nas formas e estratégias de ação dessas pessoas em um contexto dominado pelo regime heteronormativo. Foram evidenciadas as principais tecnologias de invisibilização e os principais modos de normatização e opressão que agem sobre a dissidência erótica feminina que, diante dos sistemas de opressão pela feminilização de seus corpos e pela instituição da... / This research aims to discuss how desire (DELEUZE, 1975, 1995; GUATTARI; ROLNIK, 1996), understood as will to power (NIETZSCHE, 2011), is articulated within a realm of technologies of regulation and oppression upon female bio-bodies who have erotic practices dissident of heteronormativity. This discussion will be held taken into consideration a poststructuralist point of view. The participants of this research were women living in the interior of Sao Paulo State. Therefore, using gender as an analytical category of analysis (SCOTT, 1986/2003; RUBIN 1975/2003, 1989; LAURETTIS, 2000; PRECIADO, 2002, 2008), ten narratives of life of women varying from 19 to 48 years old and who are part of this subaltern existential category were produced. In this sample we aimed to contrast in terms of generational axes as well as in relation to the categories of class, colour / race / ethnicity, and education level. These Narratives allowed us to understand their subjective processes of desiring in relation to the social registers of (in)visibility and exclusion. In the Narrative research (CLANDININ; CONNELLY, 2000), the objective is to elucidate how a life, or part of it, permits to reconstruct historical and socio-cultural processes. The focuses of analysis were on: infra, inter and personal relations within institutions such as family and school, as well as the forms and strategies of action of these people in a context dominated by a heteronormative regime. As a result, the main technologies of invisibility and the principal modes of normalization and oppression that act on the erotic female dissidence were evidenced. By then, we attempted to elucidate the possibilities of subjective transformations in the sight of the dissidence of heteronormativity. This study also aimed to denounce the deleterious effects of the invisible processes of exclusion and provide ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Master of Science / School of Family Studies and Human Services / Bronwyn S. Fees / Research conducted since 1990 suggests that young adults over 18 but under 29 years of age feel as though they are neither an adult nor an adolescent but somewhere between. This blur of boundaries between adolescence and adulthood can lead to the question, if a male does not yet think he is an adult, does he also not yet think he is a man? Guided by Arnett’s theory of emerging adulthood, the purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to identify the inter-individual differences in characterizing masculinity and the factors that may contribute to the development of these definitions. Males (n = 20) from a public Midwestern university, ages 18-23 (x̄ = 19.7 years) participated in individual interviews addressing their perceptions and definitions of masculinity. Three dominant themes about masculinity emerged including physical, emotional and behavioral characteristics, with behavioral characteristics containing 11 dominant and 4 lesser themes. While participants’ ideas about the extrinsic or visible characteristics of men and masculinity were similar to that of their peers in this study, the intrinsic or ideological characteristics of men were more closely aligned with that of their families. The majority of participants identified as not being men but stated that they are in the process of achieving manhood. Thus the development of a man may be separate from but similar to that of the development of an adult. Implications of this study include the practitioner response to influences responsible for differing masculine characteristics and the behaviors that result. Drinking alcohol has strong peer and media influences, as does disrespect toward women, both of which could have an impact on the individual. Also, the stress associated with various conflicting messages from family, peers, media, and their own opinions may be problematic for many youth.

Abstract The aim of this essay is to examine if children’s, in this case girls and boys between four and six year old, experiences and perceptions of various occupations follow a gender stereotypical pattern that is distinguishable in the society and that is evidenced by a gender distributed list presented by the Central Bureau of Statistics (SCB 2016). These children’s experiences and perceptions are examined in relation to family and surroundings. The central question is how they describe occupations and occupational-related activities offered in a school and preschool environment from a gender perspective. These children’s experiences and perceptions are also examined in relation to how they describe their career-related aspirations. Our study is theoretically based upon two different alignments of the gender theory that describe the social construction of gender. The data collection is based on 7 group interviews with 31 children from one preschool class and two different preschools. The results of our study indicate that the children have occupational experience that they relate to family members and/or to their immediate surroundings. The majority of the children’s experiences show that chores are distributed equally within the family and are therefore described as genus neutral. However, the majority of the children's occupational experience is gender-influenced, thus following the gender segregated labor market outlined by Central Bureau of Statistics (2016) list. Their own occupational aspirations also show that they follow this gender stereotypical pattern. The study emphasizes that the children are active agents in their development of gender identity and that their gender identity appears more clearly in specific contexts. On the other hand, we see that girls are more eager to extend the limits of the female arena. Another important aspect that the study shows is that the occupational activities offered in the school and preschool activities have a positive impact on how children distinguish their own ability. This can increase their ability to feel that they can do it if they really want to!

The problem I am reporting in this study is concerning the inequalities that is going on between men and women at home and in the family. This study aims at making a literature study on how gender identities affect women and men in the family with a secondary analysis of previous research. My questions are, what barriers and opportunities regarding gender identity impacts on the sex can be identified at home, what does this look like concerning the division of work in home work, and what does it look like concerning family relationships in the private sector? The theoretical frame of reference consists mainly of the theory of socialization described by scientist like Connell, Ahrne and Roman, Agnvik, Berger and Luckmann, and others. The theory focuses on the connection of how to socialize into different roles during the adolescence. The theory also describes the different concepts that occur and are in connection with the study. It also brings up background about gender and work at home. The section on previous research brings up things concerning power in relationships and the woman's mental health. The method in this work is qualitative, and I have used a literature study as an examination method. The result shows that the main inequality between the sexes in the home is that women take greater responsibility for household chores and the care of the children than men do. In the discussion, I came across just as some scientists suggested that most of our surroundings are gender-marked, and those who are associated with women are less important. As well as to solve this problem, the standards for traditional female as well as masculinity it has to be removed. / Problemet som jag upplyser i denna studie är beträffande ojämlikheter som pågår mellan män och kvinnor i hemmet samt i familjen. Den här studien har som syfte att göra en litteraturstudie om hur könsidentiteter påverkar kvinnor och män i familjen med en sekundär analys av tidigare forskning. Mina frågeställningar är, vilka hinder och möjligheter gällande könsidentiteterspåverkan på könen kan identifieras i hemmet, hur ser detta ut beträffande arbetsfördelningen i hemarbetet, samt hur ser det ut gällande familjeförhållandena i det privata.Den teoretiska referensramen består främst av teorin socialisation som blir beskriven av teoretiker som Connell, Ahrne och Roman, Agnvik, Berger och Luckmann med flera. Teorin inriktar sig på sambandet av hur man under uppväxten socialiseras in till olika roller. Teoridelen beskriver även de olika begrepp som förekommer och är i anslutning till studien. Den tar även upp bakgrund om genus samt hemarbete. Avsnittet om tidigare forskning tar upp saker beträffande makt i förhållanden och kvinnans psykiska hälsa. Metoden i detta arbete är kvalitativ, och jag har använt mig av litteraturstudie som undersökningsmetod. I resultatet framkommer det att den främsta ojämlikheten mellan könen i hemmet är att kvinnor tar större ansvar för hushållssysslor samt omsorgen av barnen än vad männen gör. I diskussionen kom jag fram tillprecis som några teoretiker antydde att, det mesta i vår omgivning är könsmärkt, och dem som är associerad med kvinnor har mindre betydelse. Samt för att lösa detta problem, så måste normerna för traditionellt kvinnligt samt manligt bort.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-12-26Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:13:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rabello_shs_dr_bauru.pdf: 2733052 bytes, checksum: 0e9bb48d96c3239717c538ac7eaed539 (MD5) / A presente pesquisa foi empreendida a partir de um curso de Educação em Sexualidade, componentes da parte diversificada do currículo escolar do 9º ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública do município de Juiz de Fora - MG, Brasil. Sexualidade e gênero são tomados em seu conceito amplo, entendidos como construções históricas, sociais e culturais. Os objetivos específicos visaram identificar e analisar representações de sexualidade e gênero sustentados pelo/as alunos/as bem como analisar o conteúdo de sexualidade e gênero presente em pedagogias culturais e sua utilização em contextos de ensino. A metodologia adotada para a coleta dos dados foi de natureza qualitativa, do tipo observação participante, em que a pesquisadora atuou também como professora do curso. A análise dos dados apoiou-se na análise de conteúdo das manifestações dos/as alunos/as obtidas a partir das transições das aulas, que foram gravadas em áudio. Também foram analisadas produções escritas dos/as alunos/as e artefatos de mídia que abordam temas de sexuliadade e gênero. os resultados indicaram que os/as alunos/as sustentam representações de sexualidade associadas, sobretudo, às práticas sexuais. As relações de gênero foram reconhecidas como desiguais e naturalizadas, mesmo quando as diferenças e desigualdades foram atribuídas a fatores sociais. As discussões em classe, porém, oportunizaram a reflexão a respeito do conceito de sexualidade bem como sobre as relações de gênero, favorecendo a incorporação de novos elementos para sua consideração. As pedagogias culturais, de modo geral, veiculam noções essencialistas e biologizantes a respeito da sexualidade e do gênero, veiculando representações estereotipadas que merecem a problematização em contextos de ensino. As implicações da pesquisa referem-se... / This research was undertaken from a course of Sexuality Education, part of the diversified component of the school curriculum in the 9th grade of elementary school at a public school in the city of Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil. Sexuality and gender are taken in its broadest dimension, understood as historical, social and cultural constructions. The specific objectives aimed at identifying and analyzing sexuality and gender representations held by students as well as analyzing the content of sexuality and gender in this cultural pedagogies and their use in educational contexts. The qualitative methodology was taken for data collection, like participant observation, in which the researcher also served as a teacher of the course. Data analysis relied on content analysis of the students speech that were obtained from transcripts of classes activities, which were audio-recorded. Students written production and media artifacts were also analyzed. The results indicated that the students maintain representations of sexuality as sexual practices. Gender relations were recognized as unequal and naturalized, even when differences and inequalities were attributed to social factors. The class discussions, however, allowed the reflection about the concept of sexuality as well as gender relations, promoting the incorporation of new elements for consideration. The cultural pedagogies, in general, present biologizing and essentialist notions about sexuality and gender, conveying stereotypical representations that deserve questioning in teaching contexts. he implications of the research refer to the contribution to the knowledge in the area, favoring the planning of teaching strategies in order to broaden the notion of sexuality and gende... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Fernando Silva Teixeira Filho / Banca: Wiliam Siqueira Peres / Banca: Miriam Pillar Grossi / Banca: Sandra Maria da Mata Azerêdo / Banca: Leonardo Lemos de Souza / Resumo: A partir de uma perspectiva pós-estruturalista de entendimento das subjetividades em processo de permanente construção, essa pesquisa propõe problematizar como se articulam o desejo (DELEUZE, 1975, 1995; GUATTARI; ROLNIK, 1996), entendido como vontade de potência (NIETZSCHE, 2011), e as tecnologias de normatização e opressão sobre pessoas de biocorpos femininos que vivenciam o erotismo dissidente da heteronormatividade residentes no interior do Estado de São Paulo, na região da cidade de Assis. Tendo em vista o uso de gênero como categoria analítica (SCOTT, 1986/2003; RUBIN, 1975/2003, 1989; LAURETIS, 2000; PRECIADO, 2008, 2009), foram produzidas dez Narrativas de Histórias de Vida de pessoas que se inserem nessa categoria existencial subalterna, com faixa etária variando entre 19 e 48 anos, buscando uma população heterogênea nos eixos geracional, bem como em relação às categorias de classe, cor/raça/etnia e nível de escolaridade. As Narrativas nos permitiram adentrar em um campo subjetivo e concreto, visando apreender seus processos de subjetivação relacionando seus desejos aos registros sociais de (in)visibilidade e exclusão. Na Pesquisa Narrativa (CLANDININ; CONNELLY, 2000), objetiva-se elucidar como uma vida, ou parte dela, permite reconstituir processos históricos e socioculturais. Assim, os focos de análise foram: as relações infrapessoais, pessoais e interpessoais, em instituições como a família e a escola, bem como nas formas e estratégias de ação dessas pessoas em um contexto dominado pelo regime heteronormativo. Foram evidenciadas as principais tecnologias de invisibilização e os principais modos de normatização e opressão que agem sobre a dissidência erótica feminina que, diante dos sistemas de opressão pela feminilização de seus corpos e pela instituição da... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research aims to discuss how desire (DELEUZE, 1975, 1995; GUATTARI; ROLNIK, 1996), understood as will to power (NIETZSCHE, 2011), is articulated within a realm of technologies of regulation and oppression upon female bio-bodies who have erotic practices dissident of heteronormativity. This discussion will be held taken into consideration a poststructuralist point of view. The participants of this research were women living in the interior of Sao Paulo State. Therefore, using gender as an analytical category of analysis (SCOTT, 1986/2003; RUBIN 1975/2003, 1989; LAURETTIS, 2000; PRECIADO, 2002, 2008), ten narratives of life of women varying from 19 to 48 years old and who are part of this subaltern existential category were produced. In this sample we aimed to contrast in terms of generational axes as well as in relation to the categories of class, colour / race / ethnicity, and education level. These Narratives allowed us to understand their subjective processes of desiring in relation to the social registers of (in)visibility and exclusion. In the Narrative research (CLANDININ; CONNELLY, 2000), the objective is to elucidate how a life, or part of it, permits to reconstruct historical and socio-cultural processes. The focuses of analysis were on: infra, inter and personal relations within institutions such as family and school, as well as the forms and strategies of action of these people in a context dominated by a heteronormative regime. As a result, the main technologies of invisibility and the principal modes of normalization and oppression that act on the erotic female dissidence were evidenced. By then, we attempted to elucidate the possibilities of subjective transformations in the sight of the dissidence of heteronormativity. This study also aimed to denounce the deleterious effects of the invisible processes of exclusion and provide ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Mauro Antonio Pires Dias da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Facudade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T01:29:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zuza_DanieleCristina_M.pdf: 1516974 bytes, checksum: 7a3b0edf3e1643c4702bd872cce31108 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: As práticas do trabalho, como enfermeira, desencadearam inúmeras inquietações quanto às ações que estruturam a profissão. Muitas vezes, atendendo às exigências das instituições hospitalares, os enfermeiros executam ações de caráter administrativo gerencial, consideradas por muitos como não específicas da enfermagem, distanciando-se das atividades relacionadas à assistência aos pacientes. Através do enfoque qualitativo, este estudo pretendeu desvelar as percepções dos enfermeiros sobre o trabalho em um hospital cooperativista e descrever a adaptações de identidade do enfermeiro para a adequação ao exercício profissional. A entrevista semi-estruturada foi utilizada para manter a atenção no foco da questão sem limites, além de favorecer a expressão espontânea das idéias dos informantes. Os referenciais teóricos adotados sobre identidade foram fundamentados na Psicologia Social e em autores de enfermagem que desenvolveram pesquisas sobre o tema. Coletamos e identificamos os discursos em Unidades Temáticas e Estruturas Relevantes. A partir dos recortes dos depoimentos estabelecemos as análises, relacionando-as com referenciais bibliográficos que permitissem discussões e inferências sobre o assunto. Na discussão da Unidade Temática I as questões relacionaram-se à dualidade de ser enfermeiro assistencial ou administrativo, ser enfermeiro por ideal e ser enfermeiro líder. Na Unidade Temática II as estruturas relevantes enfocaram as contradições entre a teoria e a prática para ser enfermeiro. Na Unidade Temática III as ações do enfermeiro receberam o enfoque da ausência de autonomia. As dificuldades e facilidades na execução do trabalho estiveram presentes nos relatos dos enfermeiros e presentes na Unidade Temática IV. Para finalizar as discussões que permitiram compreender a identidade dos enfermeiros na realidade estudada, abordamos na Unidade Temática V as características profissionais e pessoais que foram modificadas. O estudo sobre a identidade do enfermeiro nesta instituição hospitalar cooperativista, permitiu compreender que as adaptações de identidade ocorrem, principalmente para corresponder às expectativas da instituição, mas elas devem ser percebidas pelos enfermeiros para que suas condutas não sejam gessadas / Abstract: The practice of the work, as a nurse, unleashed countless anxieties about the actions that make the structure of the profession. Many times, answering the requirements of the hospital institutions, the nurses carry out actions of managerial administrative features, considered by many as not specific of the nursing, moving away from the activities linked to the patients assistance.Through the qualitative focalization, this study intends to disclose the nurses perception about the work in a cooperative hospital and to discribe the nurses adaptation of identity for the adjustement to the professional practice. The semi-structured interview used because it allows to keep the atention on the focus of the question without limits, and it favours the spontaneous expression of the informers¿ idea. The theoretical references used about identity based on the Social Psychology and on nursing authors that developed researches about this subject. We collected and identified the speeches in Thematic Unity and Important Structures. From the cuttings of the testimonies we stablished the analyses, linking them with bibliographies that could allow discussions and inferences about the subject. At Thematic Unity I the questions linked to the duality of being an assistance nurse or an administrative nurse, to be a nurse for an ideal and to be a leader nurse. At Thematic Unity II the considerable structures focalized the contraditions on being a nurse between the theory and practice. At Thematic Unity III the nurse¿s action received the focalization of the autonomy absence. The difficulties and facilities on the work execution were current on the nurses¿ reports and current at Thematic Unity IV. Finishing the discussions that allowed to comprehend the nurses identity on the reality studied, we dealed at Thematic Unity V with the profissional and personal characteristics that changed. The study about the nurse identity in this cooperative hospital institution, allowed to comprehend that the identity adaptations happen, mainly to reply the expectancies of the institution, but they must be noticed to not immobilize the behaviours / Mestrado / Enfermagem e Trabalho / Mestre em Enfermagem

The study was prompted by the persistent paucity of women in the higher echelons of companies. Extant literature on meritocracy and choice did not offer a complete explanation for this. The study therefore set out to explore and challenge the underlying assumptions that have perpetuated the solidification of gendered hierarchies in organisations. A qualitative research design approach was used. Information was gathered from 12 in-depth interviews with female managers who worked in the greater Johannesburg area. Through the tradition of phenomenological design, the essence of the women’s career progression was analysed through the perceptions and lived experiences of the participants. Structural barriers were identified in the organisations. The higher the visibility of the male dominated inner circles present, the more discernible the barriers were, the more the self-efficacy of the females diminished. The study makes a case for the invisibility of inner circles to be eliminated. When inner circles are more visible, prior assumptions can be challenged. The study also identified pioneering opportunities for women to entrench their own successful outcomes in organisations that can contribute to their sustainable career progression. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / lmgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted