PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF GENDER DIVERSITY AT A PAKISTANI ORGANIZATION

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Volume 14 Issue 2 2018

Author(s):

Tazeen Imran
Lecturer at Szabist, Karachi, Pakistan.
tazeen.imran@szabist.edu.pk

Sara Khan
IBA, PhD, Karachi, Pakistan.
sarumb@gmail.com

Nazia Saeed
Lecturer, Ilma University.
nazia@ilmauniversity.edu.pk
Abstract This research aims to improve an understanding of the lived experience of the gender diversity of respondents in the Pakistani context. It provides a rich description of the influence that gender diversity had on the organizational culture and the employees. Specific benefits anticipated by the organization, from the implementation of gender diversity and related challenges were explored. In-depth interviews were conducted with key personnel including HR managers assigned with a specific task to implement gender diversity across the organization. The findings reveal that a lot of concentrated efforts have been put in to eradicate the mental barriers within the system and also inculcate the culture of diverse sets of people, especially gender, allowing multiple and diverse opinions within the organization. Targeted efforts towards gender diversity have started showing their fruits; as such implementation has led to improved performance for the organizations and the creation of job opportunities for the female gender, which may have been ignored earlier. Moreover, the organization strongly believes that ongoing efforts will yield better results. Therefore focused efforts, initiatives, and constant messages to change the mindset need to continue. The trustworthiness of the data will be established through triangulation and a chain of evidence has been established between the research objective, research questions, and the interview data.
Keywords Gender Diversity, Phenomenology, Organizational culture, Pakistan
Year 2018
Volume 14
Issue 2
Type Full Length Paper
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name IBT Journal of Business Studies
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification J16, K38
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2018.14.02.18
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2409-6520
ISSN no (P, Print) 2416-8393
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Type of Review Double Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/14.2/18.pdf
Page 221-240
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