Women in Leadership Positions in Puerto Rico
Eva J. López Sullivan, Diana M. López Robledo
Abstract
Puerto Rican women have increased their presence in management positions. However, there is still a gender
gap. This research has considered as main referent the study of seventeen countries in Latin America about
aspirations, barriers, challenges, family-work balance and other aspects of women in managerial positions. The
objective of this research was to extend the study to Puerto Rican women in management positions and compare
the findings. The sample is composed of 120 women. Most of the participants identified reaching a balance
between work, personal life and family as their principal challenge as in Latin America. Puerto Rican women
had rejected promotion offers more often than Latin American women. Also, some of them admitted that have
encountered difficulties in their careers, including: wage discrimination gender discrimination, and schedule
inflexibility. Finally, this paper presents other similarities and differences when comparing results with those in
Latin America.
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