Gendered Career : A Case Study of Women and Career Advancement

Sammanfattning: The manufacturing industry has reported gender equality issues, both in relation to the underrepresentation of female employees within the industry as a whole and in managerial positions as well as the abindant existence of gendered roles and stereotypes. As a result of gender inequalities, women employees face difficulties advancing in their career. The aim of this study is to seek an understanding of how organizarional culture creates gendered career by studying both barriers and enablers. The findings show that the organizational culture is influenced by a masculine ideal disfavoring women and thereby women's ability to have certain working roles and maintain a sustainable work life balance. Further, it is argued that the organizational culture puts pressure on women to conform to the existing culture that hinders women's  careers advancement and continues to promote the masculine ideal. Contributions are made by applying existing theories to a new case within the field attempting to contribute with new empirical data within the research field of gender equality and women's career advancement.