The Gender Approach and the Professional Competence of the Secretaries

Abstract

The research is based on the gender approach and the professional performance of the secretaries, where it is seen from the Ecuadorian business context as the integration of theory, of competition as a psychological configuration with its four fundamental components: cognitive, motivational – affective, metacognitive and functional; depending on the professional performance of the secretaries. The objective is: State essential aspects of the gender approach in the context of the professional performance of the executive secretaries of the province of Manabí, Ecuador. Methods of the theoretical order were used: analysis - synthesis, inductive - deductive and logical history; those who allowed to enter theory and practice. Methods of the empirical order were also used, such as the survey of a total of 100 employees who serve as secretaries. As a result, it was obtained that men as executive secretaries are as successful as women, valuing competition and their relationship with professional performance.