Gender Discrimination and Employee Performance: A Case Study on Tesco

This research proposal aims to investigate the impact of gender discrimination on the performance and efficiency of staff members in the organization, focusing on a case study on Tesco. It will analyze the gender discrimination in the workplace, its impact on staff members, and strategies to reduce it. The study will use qualitative research methods and thematic analysis for data collection and analysis.

Research Proposal
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aim:.............................................................................................................................................3
Objective......................................................................................................................................3
Research question........................................................................................................................3
Significance.................................................................................................................................3
Rationale......................................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................5
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Title: To investigate the Gender discrimination that impact on the performance and efficiency of
staff members in the organization. A case study on Tesco.
INTRODUCTION
Gender discrimination is based on the global phenomenon which can be observed at
organizational as well as personal level. Gender based gap can be identified as deviation from
idea which is genderless community, society. As a result, it will be generated the perception in
which differently assigned task for both male and female. In recently, there is becoming unstable
economic condition, society and challenges for family. Afterwards, it will be increasing the
literacy rate among female in developing nations. Therefore, it evolving the various challenges
for decision making because existence of gender balance environment (Bae and Skaggs, 2019).
In fact, it has become more evident to organization that discrimination within enterprises. In
most of cases, Women are treated unequal, unfair due to decrease morale of female employee in
the workplace.
The objective of research study is to analyse the result or outcome of gender
discrimination that mainly specified to female in other industry. Through research study, it will
identify the effect on gender discrimination on the employee performance, efficiency and
commitment.
Aim:
To identify the Gender discrimination that impact on the performance and efficiency of staff
members in the organization. A case study on Tesco.
Objective
 To assess the gender discrimination in the workplace.
 To identify the impact of gender discrimination on staff member within organization.
 To evaluate the strategies to reduce the gender discrimination at workplace.
Research question
 What are assess the gender discrimination in the workplace?
 What are the impact of gender discrimination on staff member within organization?
 What are different strategies to reduce the gender discrimination at workplace?
Significance
The significance of research study is to identify the opinion of staff member and also
create the employee loyalty, trust. Therefore, it will be reduced the employee turnover. The
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researcher will understand the various policies and procedure that applied within business. The
purpose of study is to handle the suitable action while seeking to contextualize its finding with
large researcher.
Rationale
The rationale of research study is to focus on the gender discrimination and its impact on
the employee performance, efficiency and commitment. In order to identify the discrimination
that will increase conflict between staff members. Furthermore, the scope of project is to enhance
the employee performance in term of organizational productivity as well as profitability in global
marketplace.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Theme: 1 assessing the gender discrimination in the workplace.
According to Hsu and Lawler (2019) Gender discrimination in the organization which is
becoming a complex phenomenon that can be identified the processes, structure and practices.
For female employee, some of the most harmful discrimination that are enacted within HR
practices. it is to be consider as issues that has given rise to various policies in the organization.
It is very important to control and manage the gender discrimination in regards of salary,
promotion. Increment and recruitment.
As per Zhang, Ma and Xu (2019) Discrimination can be defined as age, sexiest prejudice
which mainly involves treating people in different way on the basis or their property. At
workplace, gender discrimination is of the most common issue because women or men work
together in organization. Treatment discrimination result in difference in their job results
between education, skills and experience. Therefore, it can be identified that people give less
preference or value to women as compare to men. At that point it can easily justify the gender
discrimination in the organization.
Theme: 2 impact of gender discrimination on staff member within organization.
According to Srivastava (2019) organizational commitment is consider as multi-
dimensional in nature that mainly involving the employee loyalty, trust within organization. The
willingness to exert the effort on behalf of organization. Gender discrimination is consistently
review the attributes for employee job satisfaction, commitment and involvement. It always
influencing the employee level, they can improve. Women working in the workplace that have
proved more productive in term of performance but in some situation, it will not give value,
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preference according to the male employee. In this way, it directly affect on the performance in
task completion.
Zhang (2020) said that employee performance plays significant role in identifying the
progress of organization. It may refer as impact of individual activities over given time intervals.
Furthermore, it will require to maintain the organization culture so that employee easily adapt the
current situation or condition. Gender discrimination affect on the performance of employee
where they did not provide increment on the basis of qualities.
Theme: 3 strategies to reduce the gender discrimination at workplace.
As per Dover, Kaiser and Major (2020) the gender pay gap is an important strategy that
help for continue improve the culture or environment. It also encouraged the staff members to
participate in different operation and function. It is an essential to develop new culture of
transparency needs and integrate with pay gap between men and women. Many organizations are
adapting the concept of gender pay gap as a strategy that always support for reducing the gender
discrimination at workplace.
According to Mackey and et.al. (2019) Women has been subjected to harassment in the
workplace. In this way, it must ensure that develop the strategy of equality and diversity. In order
to provide the equal opportunities for employee to minimise the gender discrimination. It can
easily control and manage overall business capabilities.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
It is a specific procedures or method used to determine, select, process and analyse
important information related the research topic. It allows for research to critical ways of
evaluating overall study reliability as well as validity (Zhang, Ma and Xu, 2019).
Research method: It is a type of method or technique that generally used to collect, gather
information. There are two type of research method such as qualitative as well as quantitative
method.
The researcher will select the qualitative research method for collecting relevant
information related to case study. This type of method is to be consider theoretical approach
which completely describing the existence of previous study. Therefore, it become easier to
collect relevant information. By using existing theories, scholar will try to do further expand
research study.
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Research philosophy: It is based on the conceptual thing that consists of multiple
assumption, belief and knowledge about the study. Although researcher will develop own
understanding to adapt the concept of philosophy while enhancing the significant roles. Research
philosophy can be categorised into different type such as realism, positivism, intepretivism and
pragmatism.
The researcher will select the intepretivism philosophy within research project because it
is completely based on the conceptual framework to analyse cross culture difference within
organization. In qualitative method, Intepretivism philosophy plays significant role for applying
suitable assumption during investigation (Zhang, Ma and Xu, 2019). The researcher will use this
concept to do depth study and also improve the innovative idea, thoughts towards research
expansion. it always support for identifying the various option to expand study in future.
Research design: It is consider as an approach that directly associated with multiple
element, component of case study. In order to determine logical framework that help for
addressing the research problem. Researcher will use design to find out the solution during
execution. Research design can be categorised into different ways: exploratory and conclusive
research design.
The researcher will use exploratory design which help for providing new idea to address
the problem or issue while implementing approach to find out solution. Afterwards, it can be
determined the most suitable result or outcome.
Research approach: it is based on the framework that make a plan for consisting multiple
assumption. It always support for improving the overall need and requirement of research study.
The investigator will focus on the research problem so that they always try to apply the research
approach for handling. The research approach can be categorised into different groups such as
adductive, inductive and deductive research approach.
The researcher will use inductive research approach which is based on the observations,
theories as proposed towards end of research project. It is mainly include the search for pattern
and explain the overall design through series of hypotheses. The researcher will choose this
approach because it start the observation to develop empirical generalisations and determine
preliminary relationship as progress.
Data collection method: It is based on the process or method for collecting relevant
information related to project. Sometimes, it may be validate source to determine answer of
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particular research problem. Data collection method can be divided into different types: primary
and secondary data collection.
The researcher will use primary data collection method with the help of questionnaires.
Initially, it is mainly involves the element which are related to non-numerical value. Therefore, it
must ensure that great understanding towards research case study (Zhang, Ma and Xu, 2019)..
This method provide the brief idea of project and identify the previous drawback that should be
improved in current study. In this way, researcher is mainly focused on the article, journals
which provide the guidance to implement innovative concept. In order to identify the accurate
result or outcome.
Data analysis: it is a process in the absence of data collection that involves discussing
about the pattern, design of overall research project. It is an essential in research case study to
critical analyse, interpretation of figures and attempt to find rationale behind emergence of
finding.
The researcher will use thematic analysis for research study because it applicable in
qualitative method for collecting large amount of data. Afterwards, it is further perform different
operation and function in proper manner.
Sampling: It is necessary term that consider as principle for selecting the participate for
large population in research project. Researcher always focused on the assigned the suitable task
to each participate in research project.
The researcher will select the simple random technique for selecting participant for large
population. The sample size is 30 where each one performed the task and manage the activities.
it is an important thing to find out their opinion as per experience. It help for finding the accurate
result or outcome. The primary purpose of sampling is to set up people with specialised on the
basis of their characteristics, each member participate by using simple random.
Ethical considerations: it can be specified as one important aspects of research project. It
should be considered the most principle that support for maintaining ethical norms within
research project(Zhang, Ma and Xu, 2019)..
 Each and every participate should be subjected to harm other one. Therefore, it can easily
maintain the good relationship between member’s participate otherwise it has chance of
conflict among people.
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 It should be maintained the dignity of each participate and provide the equal right where
they can share their innovative idea, opinion to achieve research goal and objective. So as
require to consider ethical norms for protecting the dignity of members in proper manner.
 The protection of privacy and security as important where each participate maintain has
to be ensured and controlled in proper manner. As handling the level of confidentiality of
research information or data that should be ensured.
Timeline
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Identify research topic 2 days Mon
6/09/2020 Tue 6/10/2020
Review of Literature 5 days Wed
6/11/2020
Mon
6/16/2020
Drafting Methodologies 3 days Tue 6/17/2020 Thu 6/19/2020
Complete Proposal 3 days Fri 6/20/2020 Tue 6/24/2020
Designing
questionnaire 8 days Wed 6/25/202 Fri 06/03/2020
Collection of data 2 days Mon 06/06/20 Tue 01/07/20
Analyzing data and
interpretation 5 days Wed 01/08/20 Tue 01/14/20
Discussion and
Conclusion 4 days Wed 01/22/20 Mon 01/27/20
Submission 6 days Tue 02/04/20 Tue 02/11/20
Activities
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Proposal
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Analyzing data
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interpretation
Discussion and
Conclusion
Submission
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REFERENCES
Book and Journals
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role of industry, alliance network, and family-friendly policies–Evidence from
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Dover, T.L., Kaiser, C.R. and Major, B., 2020. Mixed signals: The unintended effects of
diversity initiatives. Social Issues and Policy Review. 14(1). pp.152-181.
Hsu, I.C. and Lawler, J.J., 2019. An investigation of the relationship between gender
composition and organizational performance in Taiwan—The role of task
complexity. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 36(1). pp.275-304.
Mackey, J.D. and et.al., 2019. A meta-analysis of gender proportionality effects on job
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