Nísia Floresta's feminist literature in management training

Abstract

Nísia Floresta is acknowledged as the first Brazilian woman to write about ideals of equality since 1830, and her work composes the 19th century way of thinking. At a time in which most women did not have access to education, this Latin American woman highlighted the female invisibility in the society. The aim of this study is to analyze the use of Nísia's feminist literature in management training. In this sense, it was developed a bibliographic research about books published by her. Moreover, it was taken into account the socio-historical context in which they were produced and their relation to other discourses of this period. Thus, it was possible to point out some meaningful themes that can be argued in class, such as gender, occupational segregation, female entrepreneurship, under-representation of woman, gender stereotypes, women leadership, etc. These themes can be discussed in disciplines like Organization Theory or General Theory of Administration, Human Resource Management, Work Relationship, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Management. The literary experience provided by Nísia's writings is believed to enable the accessibility to new learnings, other perceptions and even change the future managers’ mindset.

Keywords

• literatura feminista
• nísia floresta
• administração
• gênero
• mulheres