Women’s access to management positions in Latin American companies: The Argentine Case

Abstract

In this article, an analysis of companies in Latin America was carried out in relation to women's access to management positions and their relationship with the size of companies, for which Pearson's Chi-2 tests were performed. Then, this topic was deepened for Argentina, in this case access to managerial positions was related to the variables: activity sector, company size and experience in the position, developing a Logit model. The database of the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys survey (year 2017) was used. Some of the main findings have been: a) Regarding the representation of women in management positions, there are differences according to the country in question, in Argentina the proportion is 8.6%, in Uruguay 12.1%, in Paraguay 17%, in Colombia 19.7% and Bolivia 24.2%; b) Women's access to managerial positions is greater in small companies and c) In the case of Argentina, it was concluded that women's access to management positions is related to the size of the company and experience.