Women in leadership

Abstract

Women in leadership positions play an important role for the hotel industry as well as for society. The Pompidou Hotel Group wants to increase the number of female employees in leading positions. The purpose of this research was to find out the main reasons that women hold back from applying for senior leadership positions at the Delightful Hotel Germanton. The literature states that factors like the job vacancy, the work-life balance and women in leadership campaigns offered by companies play an important role in the application process of women. In order to gain any data, qualitative research was undertaken and interviews with a sample of five female employees of Delightful Hotel Germanton took place. The results of these interviews had interesting outcomes. Three out of the five participants can imagine climbing up the career ladder and working in a senior leadership position. Moreover, all interviewees are afraid of using power in their job at this moment, but also believe in themselves to manage specific situations with experience. Comparing the outcomes with the literature, a few similarities, but also many differences were found.

Keywords: application, career goals, use of power, women in leadership campaign