Glass Ceiling at Workplace: An Analysis with Reference to Laws of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
Padma Kapoor ◽  
Vikramjit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Organizational Hierarchy ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Gender Barriers ◽  
Condition Of Women

"Glass Ceiling" means an invisible or hidden barrier that describes the gender barriers, as it stands for gender, race, and class that obstruct women's opportunities for advancement at all levels of organizational hierarchy. It is not only a corporate term that is being generally used in the workplace for women but it is an unfortunate incident that can be happened at all levels, which lies in the mindset of people and society. The rise in female education and the feminization of higher professions - liberal and salaried have not removed the obstacles that women face in reaching the top levels of power, prestige, and remuneration. Women are facing various issues like gender inequality, discrimination, sexual abuse, and mental harassment at work or in society. So improving the condition of women, many organizations, Governments are coming forward and making some policies and laws for their betterment. This paper is an attempt to analyze the role of the Indian government towards the upliftment of women in their personal as well as professional growth.

scholarly journals A Study on Women's Perception of Glass Ceiling in the Private Organizations, Pokhara

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barsha Rana
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Disparate Treatment

The study is intended to explore women’s perception of glass ceiling in the private organizations of Pokhara. Hundred women with different age groups working in different private organizations of Pokhara were taken as the sample. Their perception on the disparate treatment of women in organizations, behavior of their male colleagues towards them, the role of their family members in their professional growth, perception of role conflict and their aspiration towards their career advancements were asked and have been analyzed to find out if women perceive the existence of glass ceiling. In this regard, viewpoints of their male counterparts have also been taken into consideration. The Journal of Nepalese Business Studies Vol. IV, No. 1(2007) pp. 83-87

scholarly journals GENDER INEQUALITY IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GLASS CEILING

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlio César Silva ◽  
Cristian Baú Dal Magro ◽  
Marcia Zanievicz Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Wage Inequalities

<p>Among the studies developed on gender differences in occupations, the theoretical glass ceiling approach has been used internationally to explain the occurrence of barriers that hinder and even prevent the professional growth of women and generate wage inequalities between men and women in the performance of similar functions. Given the above, the study aims to identify gender differences in the accounting profession analyzed from the perspective of the glass ceiling<em>.</em> The research methodology is descriptive, documentary and the approach is quantitative. Data were extracted from the Annual Social Information (RAIS), base year 2013. The investigated population are employees who work in accounting in companies located in southern Brazil. The results indicate that the professions of accounting auditor and accountant are performed, most often by male professionals. It was found that men have higher pay and a predominance of men in the accounting department of larger companies. We conclude that glass ceiling is present in the accounting profession, creating an invisible barrier to women's access to positions of greater evidence of the accounting profession.</p><p>Keywords:<em> </em>Glass Ceiling. Gender. Accounting Professional. Inequality. </p>

scholarly journals PARTISIPASI PEREMPUAN DALAM EKONOMI INKLUSIF

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Elsy Renie
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Male Involvement ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Normative Study ◽  
High Position ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Condition Of Women

Gender inequality has become an issue in some countries. Although this inequality appear in various indicators such as economy, there is an improvement in the condition of women. The bias perception gives greater impact on women's work in all fields which are not as high position as men’s work. The concept of inclusive economic development provides equal opportunities for men and women to actively participate in the economic sector. Then, the involvement of women in the inclusive economic sector still needs empowerment and literacy for the percentage of male involvement is more dominant than women. This research is a normative study that raises the theme of women's involvement in an inclusive economy. The aim of this research is to find out the women’s participation in inclusive economy both in Indonesia and in other developing countries. This research concludes that the role of women in an inclusive economy has shown development. It can be seen from two indicators. First, the women’s participation in employment is almost the same with men. Second, the woman’s participation in education, despite they are still left behind by men, their existence in education field is increasing than previous year.

Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Shed Light

This volume reframes the debate around Islam and women’s rights within a broader comparative literature. It examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality. Part I addresses the nexus of religion, law, gender, and democracy through different disciplinary perspectives (sociology, anthropology, political science, law). Part II localizes the implementation of this nexus between law, gender, and democracy, and provides contextualized responses to questions raised in Part I. The contributors explore the situation of Muslim women’s rights vis-à-vis human rights to shed light on gender politics in the modernization of the nation and to ponder over the role of Islam in gender inequality across different Muslim countries.

The role of academic conferences in the [re]production of gender inequality in business disciplines: not just a STEM problem

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudie Walters ◽  
Najmeh Hassanli ◽  
Wiebke Finkler
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Discipline Area ◽  
Gendered Patterns ◽  
Underlying Processes ◽  
Patterns Of Interaction ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Academic Conferences

PurposeIn this paper the authors seek to understand how academic conferences [re]produce deeply embedded gendered patterns of interaction and informal norms within the business disciplines.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on Acker's (2012) established and updated theory of gendered organisations, the authors focus on the role of academic conferences in the reproduction of gendered practices in the business disciplines. The authors surveyed academics at top universities in Australia and New Zealand who had attended international conferences in their discipline area.FindingsAcademic conferences in the business disciplines communicate organisational logic and act as gendered substructures that [re]produce gendered practices, through the hierarchy of conference participation. Even in disciplinary conferences with a significant proportion of women delegates, the entrenched organisational logic is manifest in the bodies that perform keynote and visible expert roles, perpetuating the notion of the “ideal academic” as male.Practical implicationsThe authors call for disciplinary associations to formulate an equality policy, which covers all facets of conference delivery, to which institutions must then respond in their bid to host the conference and which then forms part of the selection criteria; explicitly communicate why equality is important and what decisions the association and hosts took to address it; and develop databases of women experts to remove the most common excuse for the lack of women keynote speakers. Men, question conference hosts when asked to be a keynote speaker or panelist: Are half of the speakers women and is there diversity in the line-up? If not, provide the names of women to take your place.Originality/valueThe contribution of this study is twofold. First is the focus on revealing the underlying processes that contribute to the [re]production of gender inequality at academic conferences: the “how” rather than the “what”. Second, the authors believe it to be the first study to investigate academic conferences across the spectrum of business disciplines.

Exploring the Role of National Gender Inequality in Female Family Business Succession Intentions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 13906
Author(s):  
Farhad Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Colm O'Gorman ◽  
Roisin Lyons ◽  
Eric Clinton
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

scholarly journals Gender discrimination, victimisation and women's mental health

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 (6) ◽  
pp. 682-684
Author(s):  
Georgina M. Hosang ◽  
Kamaldeep Bhui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
British Journal ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
The Impact

SummaryGender inequality and discrimination, as well as violence and victimisation towards women, have recently hit the headlines creating a media furore. We provide a timely discussion surrounding the impact of these issues on women's mental health and a discussion of the role of psychiatry in this context.Declaration of interestK.B. is the editor for the British Journal of Psychiatry but has not played a role in the decision to accept this editorial for publication in this journal. G.H. has no conflict of interest to declare.

scholarly journals Role of technopreneurs in indain context

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
ARUNKUMAR B ◽  
GURUNATHAN A
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
The Developed Countries

Start-up is a basic thing that a person trying to do something real and new, it has high rates of failure, but the minority of successes includes companies that have evolved as giant and market setters. People who use technology for being entrepreneurs are called as technopreneurs, being born the risk in business in addition to being accomplished the achievement level in innovative and initiative a new kind of product and service to the community. India is enjoying with the fruitful result on the progress of start-up environment which it has been focusing for a long time, the best time for promoting the techno start-up to be apillar of strength in the forthcoming trends. The boom of technopreneurs of our nation had been targeted by the developed countries since 2010. A new benchmark may be set in heavily offering number of opportunities to extent the business, which is also a next level of the start-up environmentin the current scenario and the efforts are taken by the Indian Government. The Technopreneurship's growth and contribution to the start-up technopreneurs in Indian context are catered in this paper and in addition new schemes and well equipped technology parks will be effectuated for the goodness of the new start-up.

scholarly journals CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: ROLE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AMONG TEACHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Bhaskar ◽  
Padmalosani Dayalan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to highlight the role of continuing education among the teachers of India. The study identifies factors which influence teachers in Higher education institutions (HEI) for continuing education. The paper also explores the impact of continuing education on career growth and development. A systematic survey was conducted among the teachers in Higher education institutions of Uttarakhand, India. Factor analysis is used to identify the important factors that influence teachers to enrol for continuing education. SPSS and AMOS are used to analyse the data. The findings of the study indicate that factors like time, financial support, job opportunities, knowledge, skills, and abilities play a detrimental role among teachers for continuing education. This study also reveals that continuing education has a positive impact on career growth and development of teachers. Continuing education helps the teachers to explore better career opportunities, provides job security, salary increment, and promotion which contributes to their professional growth and personality development. Continuing education in teachers demonstrates a significant role in the development of interpersonal skills, technical skills and inculcates self-confidence that contributes to their personal growth. The importance of paper increases amidst the COVID19 pandemic and the launch of the National Education Policy in India, as the paper will provide support to the Higher education institutes and Government to frame policies and strategies to imbibe continuing education as an integral part of the education system. The paper by enumerating its benefits, motivates the teachers to enhance their qualifications and enhance their future prospects.

scholarly journals The Relationships between Employee Occupational Self-efficacy, Structural Empowerment, and Work Engagement

Psichologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Žukauskaitė ◽  
Dalia Bagdžiūnienė ◽  
Rita Rekašiūtė Balsienė
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Formal Power

Nowadays the competitive advantage of any organization mainly relies not only on technologies or material resources but also on competitive, energetic, engaged employees, who are willing to share their knowledge, skills, and experience. Organizations must not only recruit talents but also inspire them and create the conditions in which they reveal themselves and have the prospect for professional growth. According to Bandura (1982), the personal belief of how well one can execute courses of action required to deal with prospective situations may become crucial for work success. The present study integrates Bandura’s (1982; 1989) Social Cognitive, Kanter’s (1977; 1979) Structural Empowerment, and Schaufeli and Bakker’s(2004) Work Engagement theories and is aimed (1) to analyze the relationships between employee occupational self-efficacy, structural empowerment, and work engagement and (2) to determine the role of occupational self-efficacy in the relationships between the elements of structural empowerment and work engagement. A total of 1636 specialist level employees from one Lithuanian public sector organization were surveyed online. Ninety four percent of the respondents were female, six percent were male. The average age of the respondents was 45.71 (SD = 10.34) years, with the average of 8.29 (SD = 7.23) years of working experience. All respondents had higher education. Occupational self-efficacy was measured using the Schyns & von Collani (2002) OCCSEEF scale (short version), structural empowerment elements (access to opportunity, information, support, and resources, informal power and formal power) were measured using the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire – II (CWEQ – II) (Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian, & Wilk, 2001), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) (Schaufeli, Bakker, & Salanova, 2006) was used to measure work engagement. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to determine the mediating role of occupational self-efficacy in the relationships between elements of structural empowerment and work engagement. The analysis revealed that all dimensions of structural empowerment positively predicted occupational self-efficacy, and that occupational self-efficacy positively predicted work engagement. Formal power directly positively predicted work engagement, occupational self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between informal power and work engagement and partially mediated the relationships between certain predictors (access to opportinity, information, and resources) and work engagement. Despite some limitations (e.g., this being a cross-sectional study, and that specialist level employees were surveyed from one organization), the results of the study highlighted, first, that employee occupational self-efficacy and work engagement might be strengthened by empowering organizational structures, and, second, that occupational self-efficacy is an important personal characteristic explaining the relationships between empowering organizational structures and employee work engagement. Perspectives for future research and practical implications are discussed.

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