Identidades abandonadas: um estudo sobre a permanência de mulheres líderes em empresas sem perspectivas de ascensão
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Esta pesquisa analisa o abandono da identidade de líder (forgone professional identity) por mulheres que exercem a liderança na prática, abordando fatores que favorecem sua permanência em uma empresa na qual não têm perspectivas de ascensão hierárquica e os impactos psicológicos desencadeados pela negação institucional reiterada de suas identidades. O estudo se baseia em entrevistas em profundidade conduzidas com profissionais que vivenciaram essa experiência no setor tecnológico. A análise revela que a acomodação ao contexto é favorecida pela presença de substitutos da identidade de líder e pelo uso de job crafting, tendo o último consequências emocionais ambivalentes. As reiteradas recusas de concessão institucional da identidade de líder suscitam ameaças identitárias sinalizadas por mecanismos de defesa. Essas ameaças abalam a internalização individual dessa identidade, contribuindo para a retenção das profissionais na organização.
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