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has to do with the variety of problems that students face: “sometimes family and
economic problems are bigger than academic issues”.
Working with women gets a little complicated… working at very long distances from the
city, the house or in the shift system often does not make them compatible when they have
children. (Participant, individual interview, Chile)
Women have skills that are valued in the industry, such as organization and multi-task.
(Participants, Gupal, Colombia)
Although the eight factors identified by the participants that compromise the sustainable leadership of women in the extractive industry are clearly prevalent, they are
diverse in nature. The discursive categories analysed in each one of them show that
there are more challenges than opportunities for women to experience fair and sustainable leadership in a highly segregated sectors, such as the extractive industry.
6.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
The challenges that women face in the extractive industry are determined by both
internal and external factors, namely, sociocultural, corporate and governmental.
The results show that this series of factors has a significant impact on the physical
and emotional health of women, students and professionals, also compromising the
productivity of companies and revealing the absence of governance frameworks to
effectively promote the sustainable leadership of women within the industry.
Evidence of symptoms of stress, discrimination, feelings of guilt and changes in
their feminine identity are all changes experienced by women due to the difficulties
in making family life compatible with work and when facing an environment dominated by a masculine hegemony. Actions working towards the empowerment of
women who face key barriers due to their own sense of self-discrimination should
be included in corporate agendas. This needs to be mixed with public campaigns to
promote self-confidence, support networks and forums of dialogue between men
and women to create empathy and eliminate feelings of guilt, fear, inferiority and
stereotypes that dominate the perception of their role in society. These limitations
imposed by women, themselves and society indicate the sociocultural adversity
faced by women in regard to sustainable leadership.
Businesses also face losses in productivity due to high turnover rates as a result
of poor management of human capital. They also face potential fines for noncompliance with labour standards, as well as the deterioration of community
relations. Through their corporate social responsibility agendas and strategies for
sustainability, companies are able to transform. This, in collaboration with government, works to develop more holistic approaches that apply a sustainable lens
towards education throughout childhood and higher education institutions. This will
result in the installation of a sustainability mindset becoming naturalized within
society. The strategies of sustainability should be more inclusive and accessible for
I. B. Franco et al.
has to do with the variety of problems that students face: “sometimes family and
economic problems are bigger than academic issues”.
Working with women gets a little complicated… working at very long distances from the
city, the house or in the shift system often does not make them compatible when they have
children. (Participant, individual interview, Chile)
Women have skills that are valued in the industry, such as organization and multi-task.
(Participants, Gupal, Colombia)
Although the eight factors identified by the participants that compromise the sustainable leadership of women in the extractive industry are clearly prevalent, they are
diverse in nature. The discursive categories analysed in each one of them show that
there are more challenges than opportunities for women to experience fair and sustainable leadership in a highly segregated sectors, such as the extractive industry.
6.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
The challenges that women face in the extractive industry are determined by both
internal and external factors, namely, sociocultural, corporate and governmental.
The results show that this series of factors has a significant impact on the physical
and emotional health of women, students and professionals, also compromising the
productivity of companies and revealing the absence of governance frameworks to
effectively promote the sustainable leadership of women within the industry.
Evidence of symptoms of stress, discrimination, feelings of guilt and changes in
their feminine identity are all changes experienced by women due to the difficulties
in making family life compatible with work and when facing an environment dominated by a masculine hegemony. Actions working towards the empowerment of
women who face key barriers due to their own sense of self-discrimination should
be included in corporate agendas. This needs to be mixed with public campaigns to
promote self-confidence, support networks and forums of dialogue between men
and women to create empathy and eliminate feelings of guilt, fear, inferiority and
stereotypes that dominate the perception of their role in society. These limitations
imposed by women, themselves and society indicate the sociocultural adversity
faced by women in regard to sustainable leadership.
Businesses also face losses in productivity due to high turnover rates as a result
of poor management of human capital. They also face potential fines for noncompliance with labour standards, as well as the deterioration of community
relations. Through their corporate social responsibility agendas and strategies for
sustainability, companies are able to transform. This, in collaboration with government, works to develop more holistic approaches that apply a sustainable lens
towards education throughout childhood and higher education institutions. This will
result in the installation of a sustainability mindset becoming naturalized within
society. The strategies of sustainability should be more inclusive and accessible for
I. B. Franco et al.