Impact of Gender on Employment

CULTURES, IDENTITY AND
DIFFERENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ESSAY: impact of gender on employment.......................................................................................4
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
Online........................................................................................................................................12

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1Percentage ratio of Equal job opportunities for Men and Women.....................................6
Figure 2 Perception of equal job opportunities for women by gender and age...............................6

ESSAY: IMPACT OF GENDER ON EMPLOYMENT
In this increasing globalization majority of firms are expanding their business globally. It
helps them in enhancing their business growth as well as market share. At the time of serving
any business globally it is being determined that their employment may get hampered due to the
several different reasons (Scott, Crompton and Lyonette, 2010). Two most common factors
which affect the overall employment is class of a person as well as gender. From a wellbeing as
well as equality perspectives, gender inequalities are regarded as a most common factor which
may leads to hamper the overall employment opportunities. It is highly essential for business
organizations to maintain their gender equalities. It is not just about economic empowerment but
it is a moral imperative (Lim and Envick, 2013). In this regards, this factor is considered as a key
factor in self-reported wellbeing and happiness across the world. By keeping this equality across
the world individuals can easily survive in this advanced and global world. There are number of
closely related arguments regarding gender gaps in employment. All of them present various
factors related to the non-equal pay, sexual harassment, gender biasness etc. it may takes place
due to the gender and work culture differences among men and women. In this regards, this
whole study is based on the impact of gender on employment. It clearly shows the effects on
workplace as well as employment about gender equality as well as inequality.
Firstly, it may cause a distortion on economy as do gender gaps in education. This factor
highly affects the overall growth of talented pool and reduces the average ability of the
workforce as well (Ridgeway, 2011). Secondly, the gender inequality in employment can reduce
economic growth via demographic factor. It is being identified that employment would be
associated with higher fertility levels which in turn reduce economic growth. It is regarded as a
major reason which reduces the economic growth and it would deprive countries to use female
labors. Third argument directly relates with the importance of female employment and earnings
for their bargaining power within families (Verheul and et.al, 2012).
There are several factors which highly affect the whole employment such as class,
society, gender, ethnicity etc. Among all these, gender is regarded as a major factor which might
leads to affect the employment due to the discrimination. In this regards, gender discrimination is
one of the most frequent type of employment violation. It totally affects the overall production of
the company due to the less employee engagement (Robb and Watson, 2012). However, the
impact of gender biasness on employment can be huge depending on the employee’s reaction.
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