Gender impacts on career paths

  • Fátima Rodrigues CEDIS at Fac. Direito Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia, Portugal

Abstract

Career is not a gender-neutral issue and it carries with it gender differential meanings. Through daily behaviours and discourses members of the socially dominated group reinforce their subordination, in accordance with the theory of social dominance.

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2018-04-06
How to Cite
RODRIGUES, Fátima. Gender impacts on career paths. Superavit, [S.l.], v. 3, p. 7-30, apr. 2018. ISSN 1646-480X. Available at: <http://www.superavit.ipt.pt/index.php/superavit/article/view/31>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.26358/srgivol3ar31.
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