JOB SATISFACTION AND GENDER

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Do workplace values differ for Men and Women?



Gender difference in the workplace is always a commendable and strong theme. Since the male employees are trying to dominate in the workplace and women employees voluntarily underestimate their positions, this could be a habit in all the circumstances. According to contemporary statistics, male employees and female employees have rather non-identical prime concerns.

Gender difference in the workplace is always a commendable and strong theme. Since the male employees are trying to dominate in the workplace and women employees voluntarily underestimate their positions, this could be a habit in all the circumstances. According to contemporary statistics, male employees and female employees have rather non-identical prime concerns. But, they manage to split the fundamental points about their thinking pattern and significant beliefs. With reference to several research studies, suspected value advantageous connecting male and female employees, which is not clearly described the continuous and exceptional career improvement than women. According to Social Scientists, the industry surrounding and the background is able to symbolize both “male” and “female” features, which may affect job satisfaction. 

A national study was conducted to determine what men and women value at work, how each defines a healthy workplace, and what factors best predict their health outcomes and stress by LLuminiari Inc. with the participation of 1123 US employees (608 males and 515 females) using an online questionnaire (Peterson, 2004) 

According to the results,

Both men and women merit the one and the same facet of duty, but categorized them separately.

The duties of men assess differently than women, by offering more benefits, power, supremacy, and control and specifically, position and reputation while the women take for granted evaluating relationships and corporation among colleagues and friends, appreciation and perception, connection, and reporting, association, and corporation, teamwork, unity and equity and especially their personal and family matters, etc. In addition to that, the study revealed that men are trying to misjudge the capability of women. Generally, they are ignoring the capacity of work that can be advantageous for the organization. While the men are underestimating the women in the workplace, comparatively, women are overestimating accordingly the merit of remuneration, benefits, potentiality, capability, and standards.

The results also indicated that men underestimate and are generally unaware of women’s work-related values. In comparison, women overestimate how men value pay, money, and benefits, power, authority, and status. (Peterson, 2004)



Figure 1:Money, Gender, and Job Satisfaction. economics.blogs.nytimes.com

Though, the normal way of treating unusually for men and women, but as the white-collar governing and controlling body in the organization, Human Resource management professionals could change the situation by studying and understanding the gender differences. It will assist productively to influence the staff to increase production, strengthen the company, encourage trust and honesty towards the organization as well as among the colleagues and to improve the physical and mental well-being of the employees. 

References

Peterson, M., 2004. What men and women value at work: Implications for workplace health. Gender Medicine, 1(2), pp.106-124.

Kim, S., 2005. Gender Differences in the Job Satisfaction of Public Employees: A Study of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea. Sex Roles, 52(9-10), pp.667-681.

Small Business - Chron.com, Do Workplace Values Differ For Men & Women?, [online], Available at: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/workplace-values-differ-men-women-18376.html, [Accessed on 18th January 2021]

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Comments

  1. Anushka JayasekaraJanuary 18, 2021 at 8:26 AM

    Do you think managers treat their employees by considering their gender? Is it fair?

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    1. Ganga PathirajaJanuary 18, 2021 at 8:58 AM

      It's not fair and ethical. But, in some organizations, most of the managers tend to be uplift the power and authority of male employees, as they think that the male staff is having more capability than female staff to do so. And also, some companies refuse even to recruit qualified & experienced female employees for the top management positions.

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    2. Anushka JayasekaraJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:27 AM

      Yes, agree with you. It is not fair. Few hours ago, I got to know that some companies check their family background when females are applying for management positions. But, why not for males? Very disappointing! If they are checking personal lives, it should be for both genders?

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  2. Kavindi Nadeera 20039081January 18, 2021 at 8:39 AM

    Women on average, report greater job satisfaction than men. Clark suggests that this may be explained by women having lower career expectations as a result of gender pay differentials, discrimination and reduced promotion prospects.

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    1. Ganga PathirajaJanuary 18, 2021 at 9:02 AM


      Yes. Agree. Though, most of the female staff voluntary underestimate their capabilities, but they are experiencing a greater job satisfaction compared to male staff.

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  3. Janaka.M20039079January 18, 2021 at 8:41 AM

    This kind of values effectively contribute to the productivity in the organization . Human resources management to be positively manage Consistence.

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    1. Ganga PathirajaJanuary 18, 2021 at 9:10 AM





      Yes. To achieve the organizational goals by increasing the productivity, human resource professionals have to be more supporter on such matters.

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  4. Roshan WijendraJanuary 18, 2021 at 6:48 PM

    I think the factor you have mention in the article directly essential for the HR managers. This is good explanation

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  5. D W BandaraJanuary 27, 2021 at 7:55 PM

    I have experienced that a organisations having mix staff of Male and female are very successful.
    According to knowledge, female staff members are help always to build a team

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