Impact of Gender Discrimination on Work Engagement: Evidence From Indian It Sector
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Indian economy is emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in the world and more women are entering the workforce, especially in the rapidly growing software services sector. Although the family structure and the role of women are subject to changes across countries, domestic and childcare responsibilities are still considered to be typically undertaken by women. The current empirical study attempts to explore the perception of gender discrimination by women and how it affects their work engagement. This study is based on an exploratory quantitative study in which the data is obtained from the opinions expressed by women employees working in the software sector in Bangalore, India. First, the practise of gender discrimination as perceived by women employees and the notion of gendered work engagement is examined. Further, the various factors that influence work engagement are also investigated. The determinants covered were supervisor support, environment, scope for development, workplace flexibility, communication, co-workers support, compensation management and feedback. A five point Likert’s scale has been constructed and administered as the research instrument, which was pre tested before administering on the 183 women respondents. The validity of the questionnaire was adjudged, using Cronbach's coefficient (α) was calculated to test the reliability and internal consistency of the responses. Later a robust multiple regression has been run to identify the major drivers of work engagement of women employees in IT sector, the results of which have revealed that Supervisor Support (F1), Scope for Development (F3), Co-workers Support (F6) and Feedback (F8) are the major determinants. Lastly, the discussions, conclusions and implications of the study are offered.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Sathyanarayana S, Miss. Aswathy Ravi Nair
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- DOI 10.9790/487X-2002058599.
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