Research Project: Gender Pay Gap and Equality & Diversity at ASDA

This research project examines the role of equality and diversity practices in minimizing the gender pay gap at ASDA, a British supermarket retail company. The study investigates the importance of equality and diversity for employee motivation, performance, and the creation of a positive working environment. The report includes a literature review, research methodology, data analysis, and reflection on the research process. The research objectives focus on understanding the concept of the gender pay gap, identifying ways ASDA can incorporate equality and diversity, and determining the relationship between managing equality & diversity and reducing gender pay gap issues. The research also provides recommendations for ASDA to implement strategies to address the gender pay gap and improve employee productivity. The student reflects on the learning outcomes, challenges faced, and the importance of communication and teamwork in the research process. The report concludes with recommendations for future research and the importance of equality and diversity in the workplace.

Research
Project

INTRODUCTION
Overview of Research
For every company it is essential to conduct equality and diversity practices so that they
can conduct their work in effective manner at the workplace as well as it will also leads to
accomplishment of allotted work properly. Equality and diversity practices are considered as set
of activities which are conducted by a company so that each and every employee feel important
as well as equal at their workplace (Al-Shaer and Harakeh, 2020). This will also help
management in minimising situation which lead to conflict in a company as well as it also help
in developing and maintaining positive working employees because every employee will get
equal opportunities. Implementation of equality and diversity practices also help in avoiding
situation of discrimination on any basis such as age, gender, colour, position, culture, believe and
many more factors as well as it will also minimise gender pay gap at workplace.
Background of Research
The aim of conducting this research is to understand role of equality and diversity
practices for minimising gender gap issues at the ASDA. It is a British supermarket retail
company which is founded by Peter and Fred Asquith and Sir Noel Stockdale in year 1949. Its
head office is located at the Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Respective retail
company is nested its business operations and functions in approx 631 locations (Portney, 2020).
By conducting this research project manager able to determine effectiveness as well as role of
equality and diversity practices which help them in minimising gender pay gap at the respective
retail store. Through which ASDA management able to develop as well as maintain effective and
positive working environment which also help in motivating and encouraging employees.
Rationale of Research
The respective research is determining effectiveness and role of equality and diversity
practices in order to minimise issues related to gender pay gap. It is one of the main as well as
common issues in every company which impact on employee productivity as well as
performance. In addition to this by conducting respective research project manager able to advice
ASDA how they can adopt equality and diversity practices so that they can minimise issues

related to gender pay gap (Turesky and Warner, 2020). This is so because through it able to
conduct their business operations and functions in effective manner as well as it also increase
employees motivation level which leads to quality performance.
Research Aim
“To ascertain the role of equality and diversity practices toward minimising the gender
pay gap issues” - A study on ASDA.
Research objectives
 To develop understanding regarding the concept of gender pay gap within an
organisation.
 To determine several ways that can be used by ASDA for incorporating equality and
diversity practices at workplace.
 To ascertain the relation between managing equality & diversity and reduction in gender
pay gap issues within ASDA
Research questions
 What is the concept of gender pay within an organisation?
 How can ASDA implement equality and diversity practices within the organisation?
 What is the nexus between managing equality & diversity and reduction in gender pay
issues in ASDA?
b)Literature review –
c)Research methodology-
d)Data analysis and interpretations-
e) Research Outcomes-
f) Reflection & recommendation for alternative research methodology-
firstly, I feel very much grateful that I gain the opportunity for conducting the
respective research project in effective manner on the subject matter of “To ascertain
the role of equality and diversity practices toward minimising the gender pay gap
issues”. With the help of respective research project I can be able to amend my level of
understanding as it helps me in taking crucial kind of decisions. It improve my

communication and leadership that is very much potential for an individual to remain
competitive in the marketplace. respective skills and capabilities directly contributes in
effective corporation of works and activities in near future. On other hand there are
some areas where I defeated as it is my weakness that hinders self interest in gaining
desirable goals and objectives. While conducting research firstly i am not fully
confident and feel hesitate to commence research project in potential manner. In that
regards I encounter many kinds of problems such as building of team and allocation of
resources in proper manner that hinders in gaining desirable outcomes. During
conducting the research project I learned a lot of aspects that proved potential in
dealing with the changes that occurs in the business environment to deal in effective
manner. In corporate world communication plays very much important role to share
the knowledge and information to the others in order to achieve the desirable goals and
objectives. To gain objectives in perfect manner the team work in different manner by
adopting flexible working practices that directly contributes in gaining the potential
outcomes promptly. In that regards it has been evaluated that self evaluation plays
very much important role in accessing own strength and weakness to build strategies
in positive manner.
for an organization as well as individual it is very much important to always
find out opportunities and scope to improve the outcomes in potential manner. it is
recommended that in today’s fierce competitive world it is very important for
organization to imply the equality and diversity within the organization as it improve
the productivity and level of motivation of employees. Due to gender pay gap
employees not able to give one of their best efforts that directly affect their level of
performance in adverse manner. it is recommended that before implying any strategy
and practice need to conduct proper research and development as it proved beneficial
in collecting potential knowledge and information for taking corrective decisions. It is
recommended that researcher need to select one of best tools and techniques that helps
to collect validate kind of results in order to remain competitive in the marketplace.
further it has been recommended that communication that helps to share the
knowledge in between the people should be structured and formulated to deliver the
optimum in outcomes. before selecting the tool for collecting knowledge it is

recommended that researcher needed to evaluate the other options that suitable for
collecting information.
g)Conclusion

REFRENCES
Books and Journals
Al-Shaer, H. and Harakeh, M., 2020. Gender differences in executive compensation on British
corporate boards: The role of conditional conservatism. The International Journal of
Accounting, p.2050002.
Portney, L. G., 2020. Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Evidence-Based
Practice. FA Davis.
Turesky, M. and Warner, M. E., 2020. Gender Dynamics in the Planning Workplace: The
Importance of Women in Management. Journal of the American Planning Association,
pp.1-14.