Open AccessDiscrimination And Its Effects: A Case From Health Care Institution
Author(s) -
Ghazal Khawaja Hummayun Akhtar,
Sunerah Iqbal,
Muhammad Shahid
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pakistan journal of gender studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8886
pISSN - 2072-0394
DOI - 10.46568/pjgs.v10i1.229
Subject(s) - harassment , enthusiasm , institution , work (physics) , health care , psychology , gender discrimination , social psychology , social institution , public relations , sociology , political science , social science , demographic economics , law , economics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Gender discrimination persists in contemporary work places very frequently in various manners and of diverse nature. Although current human resource practices tried to disregard this evil and make healthier work place. Gender discrimination is not only relates to women, it also distresses men as well. But in our society its ultimate targets are women. This research tends to explore the ratio between male & female who are fronting gender discrimination at work place. The purpose is to draw attention to the relationship among gender discrimination at work place and its effects on the level of satisfaction, motivation, commitment, enthusiasm & stress level. Moreover, it also highlighted the main harasser and different ways harassment take place at workplace. For this study health care organization has been chosen because it makes an important contribution to economic and social progress of the country moreover; most of the work force consists of females.