Gender Equality in the Workplace Assignment

Running head: GENDER EQUALITY IN A WORKPLACE
Gender equality in a workplace- Tesco Plc
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................4
1.1 Research proposal................................................................................................................4
i) Description of research project...............................................................................................4
ii) Research aims and objectives................................................................................................4
iii) Research for choosing this research project.........................................................................5
iv) Activities and timescales......................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Literature review......................................................................................................6
2.1 Introduction:.........................................................................................................................6
2.2 Literature review..................................................................................................................6
Chapter 3: Methodology..........................................................................................................10
3.1 Research approach.............................................................................................................10
3.2 Research methodologies.....................................................................................................10
i) Sampling...........................................................................................................................11
ii) Data analysis........................................................................................................................11
iii) Cost, access and ethical considerations..............................................................................12
Chapter 4: Data collection and analysis...................................................................................12
4.1 Data collection...................................................................................................................12
4.2 Data analysis, presentation and discussion........................................................................13
Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendation...........................................................................14
5.1 Conclusions........................................................................................................................14
5.2 Recommendations..............................................................................................................14

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Chapter 6: Personal reflective statement..................................................................................15
6.1 Reflect on the research methods used in the project..........................................................15
6.2 Research method could be used.........................................................................................15
6.3 Areas for further research...................................................................................................16
Appendices:..............................................................................................................................17
i) Research proposal form........................................................................................................17
ii) Research ethics approval form............................................................................................18
References list:.........................................................................................................................20

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Research proposal
i) Description of research project
One of the issues facing workplace is gender inequality as equality is not experienced
by men and women in the workplace. The problem of discrimination against women and
gender inequality faced by many organizations at a global scale. United Kingdom
nevertheless, has been the leading nation when it is about gender equality and in year 2018,
the country was ranked in the fifteenth position and it was placed behind other countries such
as Germany and France. There has been slow improvement in addressing the issue of gender
inequality but efforts have been taken so that a better balance can be achieved. Pay gap is the
major problem faced by many organizations in UK along with the underrepresentation of
female employees in the management (Luanglath et al. 2019). Rich data has been provided
by the research on the various aspects of gender equality and it is recognized that the
achievement of gender equality is the journey towards the sustainability and development of
organization. The research work has been undertaken to identify various aspects of the
gender equality in workplace such as Tesco Plc.
ii) Research aims and objectives
The objective of this study is to undertake the research project related identifying various
aspects of gender equality in the workplace such as Tesco Plc of United Kingdom. Research
paper aims to:
 Identify the variations between male and female employees

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 Is there any correlation between the gender equality and growth of the firm such as
Tesco Plc?
 Does the productivity of Tesco Plc is impacted by gender equality?
iii) Research for choosing this research project
The research work on identifying the gender equality and its different aspects in the
working of organization such as Tesco Plc has been undertaken because of various reasons.
Firstly, one of the most interesting aspects of the gender equality has been witnessed by UK.
The equalities Act has been made legal for the large section of employers. In this regard, it is
required by them to report on the gender pay gap. Secondly, the right of women to the vote in
1918 has been celebrated by the country. In addition to this, there also exist a challenge of
diversity in the workplace at different position. This made the research work on the gender
equality quite essential.
iv) Activities and timescales
Research project is undertaken by reviewing the literature and secondary research
paper that forms the basis of arguments presented in the study. An appropriate methodology
would be employed along with the proper statistical tool for analysing the data. The present
study is undertaken to conduct an investigation into the gender equality in the workplace such
as Tesco Plc by analysing its annual report, report on the performance information and
websites of company.
Main activity 1st week 2nd week 3rd and 4th
week
5th and 6th
week
7th week
Topic selection
Research
objectives and

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aims
determination
Reviewing
literature using
different sources
Suitable
research
technique
selection
Data collection
and analysis
Conclusion and
recommendatio
n
Chapter 2: Literature review
2.1 Introduction:
The persistent neglecting the gender flexibility and gender equality has been
confirmed by the literature particularly in the private sector. Gaps has been identified by
much of the work on gender equality between the use and provision of flexible work
arrangements. It is a growing evidence from literature that there might be unintended impact
on the gender equality because of provisioning various types of flexible working practices. It
has been founded by many scholars that an ad hoc approach on the diversity and equality is
adopted by most of the organizations in general (Ozturk and Tatli 2016).
2.2 Literature review
Issues facing gender equality: