MOTA, Carolina; CARVALHO NETO, Antonio    TANURE, Betania. Family influence and Brazilian female executives' career success. []. , 69, 3, pp.100-115. ISSN 1809-5267.

This article aims to identify the influence of parents in the career of Brazilian women who succeeded in the executive world. This is a descriptive and qualitative research. We interviewed 47 top executives who have managed to reach the three highest organizational levels in 27 corporations. Data treatment used the content analysis technique. Results show that, although they grew up in families that valued studying, the mothers were those who influenced more the daughters' choice to go for the labor market. Mothers who wanted to have had the experience of having a job and had not fulfilled it also transmitted that desire to their daughters. The mothers' personal characteristics (being "strong" and "brave") also influenced daughters to seek professional fulfillment. Regarding the father, the results showed that the great incentive was not to have a career, but to focus on the studies.

: Mothers' influence; Professional success; Female executives; Social and family contexts.

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