This chapter examines the complex relationship between women, management, and globalization, offering a fresh perspective on how leadership opportunities and barriers differ across regions. While globalization has created new pathways for professional advancement, it has also reinforced systemic gender inequalities, particularly in managerial roles. Women face distinct challenges depending on their geographic location, with those in the Global North often confronting the glass ceiling and work–family conflicts, while those in the Global South contend with economic marginalization, limited institutional support, and cultural constraints. By exploring gendered experiences in management across different global contexts, this chapter highlights how historical, social, and economic factors shape women’s ability to access leadership positions. A postcolonial feminist approach is employed to assess how certain groups of women experience deeper disadvantages due to intersecting factors such as class and geopolitical status. Using a qualitative multilevel framework, this chapter examines the advantages and disadvantages women face at both the individual and organizational levels. Rather than testing hypotheses or developing new theories, the discussion makes a conceptual contribution by identifying structural forces that influence women’s career progression in globalized workplaces. The chapter concludes by outlining the challenges and opportunities women encounter in management and the broader implications for leadership practices in an increasingly interconnected world.

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Women, Management, and Globalization: Leadership, Barriers, and Opportunities

  • Victoria Opara

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This chapter examines the complex relationship between women, management, and globalization, offering a fresh perspective on how leadership opportunities and barriers differ across regions. While globalization has created new pathways for professional advancement, it has also reinforced systemic gender inequalities, particularly in managerial roles. Women face distinct challenges depending on their geographic location, with those in the Global North often confronting the glass ceiling and work–family conflicts, while those in the Global South contend with economic marginalization, limited institutional support, and cultural constraints. By exploring gendered experiences in management across different global contexts, this chapter highlights how historical, social, and economic factors shape women’s ability to access leadership positions. A postcolonial feminist approach is employed to assess how certain groups of women experience deeper disadvantages due to intersecting factors such as class and geopolitical status. Using a qualitative multilevel framework, this chapter examines the advantages and disadvantages women face at both the individual and organizational levels. Rather than testing hypotheses or developing new theories, the discussion makes a conceptual contribution by identifying structural forces that influence women’s career progression in globalized workplaces. The chapter concludes by outlining the challenges and opportunities women encounter in management and the broader implications for leadership practices in an increasingly interconnected world.