Gender Gap in Senior Management: Participation and Obstacles of Women in Organizations Globally

Abstract

When a vacancy is offered in an organization, there is competition on the part of the interested parties to fill it, especially if it is a management position; In this case, women face inequitable treatment because the belief in stereotypes still prevails in companies and that due to their female condition they are responsible for the home, children and family in general, considering them unfit to occupy management positions. The objective of this work is to demonstrate that there is a lack of inclusion of women in organizations at the management level. A descriptive documentary methodology was used with a review of scientific literature for the analysis of the phenomenon under study. As a result, there is a lack of inclusion of women in management positions in companies, even though they are committed, responsible and experts in crisis management, for example, the percentage of participation in management positions in Latin America is 40.58% in South America. North 22% while Africa 3%.