Atuações e percepções de profissionais mulheres nos negócios internacionais de empresas exportadoras para a América Latina

Abstract

Over the years, around the world, women always worked and perform important roles in society. Although, until now, it is noticeable a low level of female representation in front of international negotiation of the companies, which often are managed by men, with women working mainly in internal and support positions. Therefore, this academic research aim for a greater understanding about the subject, trying to identify how is the performance of woman operational insights in the Brazilian exportation to the Latin American market. In methodological terms, this is a qualitative study at a descriptive exploratory level, including the strategy of generic qualitative research, with survey through open questions questionnaire and the use of content analysis. Among the main results, stand out that nowadays women still face some difficulties and barriers to perform as traders, and most of the participants work in the back office of companies. Between the mentioned difficulties, emphasize the fact that they still suffer prejudice in the negotiations. However, it is reinforce that in the work market, mostly on relations with Latin-American countries, this scenario is changing: the countries, the people and the companies are increasingly open and welcoming to work with the female gender, giving more opportunities for them to develop their careers in front of the international scenario. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]