Kvinnorna som valde att lämna : En studie om varför kvinnor väljer att lämna mäklaryrket

Sammanfattning: Working as an real estate agent has been a job dominated by men. The typcial picture of a real estate agent is a middle-aged man. On the later days, the real estate profession has changed. There are now more women seeking themselves in to the profession. Tus, there’s also most women who are leaving the profession. The purpose of this essay is to explain why women choose to leave the real estate profession. In the theoretical framework presents research regarding genders to help us understand how men and woman works and if there are any differences between the genders. Research on leadership and how it may affect the well-being of its employees is also presented. In addition, a review of organizational culture is presented to see how the workplace affects the employees. The method is based on a qualitative interview study with 9 women who have chosen to leave the real estate profession. The results show the reasons which has influenced the choice of women to leave the profession. In the discussion/analysis the results are argued set out from the theoretical framework. This in turn led to the conclusions of the essay. The sources used during the essay are presented in the section references. The appendix contains the questions used in the interviews.