O desenvolvimento da carreira das egressas do mestrado em Ciências Contábeis do Rio de Janeiro: uma análise das barreiras enfrentadas

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to investigate, through semi-structured interviews, the professional trajectory, in the short term, of the conclusion of the master's degree in Accounting in the career of women graduating from two stricto sensu graduate programs in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ and UFRJ) from the perspective of the interviewees themselves. For data collection, interviews were performed with a biographical character. The interviewees were chosen from among the two public academic master's degree programs in the state of Rio de Janeiro, namely the State University of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. Considering the subjectivity inherent to the research problem, the methodological path developed is of a qualitative nature. Through oral histories, the construction of knowledge was aimed at, in order to perceive the subject's view of himself and social facts, based on his analysis capacity. The results obtained showed that women have been able to reach higher positions and have greater opportunities in several areas of accounting, but that, however, several barriers still persist, not being noticed, sometimes, even by the interviewees. As the main factor for the occurrence of this phenomenon, the direct influence of motherhood was found in the interviewees' career.