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The impact of machismo in promoting women in Central America

Asbjorn Osland

Journal of Workplace Learning

ISSN: 1366-5626

Article publication date: 1 April 1997

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Abstract

An expatriate general manager of Bocagrande, a production division in Central America, wonders whether or not he should appoint Angelica, a professional woman native to the country of Morazan, to an executive position in their almost exclusively male dominated production division in Bocagrande. It was the manager’s decision, but the environment was clearly “machista”, or one characterized by an extreme view of male supremacy common to Latin America and even more extreme in the remotely located production division he managed. Yet Angelica had proven her ability. Could she handle a job in the division, or would she be destroyed by machismo?

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Osland, A. (1997), "The impact of machismo in promoting women in Central America", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 61-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629710164940

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1997, MCB UP Limited

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