Gender, Work Performance and Workers Empowerment: A Statistical Interrogation
Keywords:
Employee Empowerment, Work Performance, Gender, Banking professionals, Healthcare professionalsAbstract
Employee Empowerment refers to the allocation of powers assigned to the employees working in an organization for making some decisions. Gender determines employee empowerment. The study is to identify that empowerment level of workers among the male and female employees. For this purpose, the data was gathered from 119 banking professionals and 106 healthcare professionals in Puducherry. Organizational culture, workplace relationships, employees’ perceptions over work, views towards organization, work performance and employee empowerment are the factors considered for the study. The results of the study found that female professionals are having better employee empowerment as compared to that of the male respondents. Suggestions such as better organizational support, supportive peers, better work life balance, work autonomy and job satisfaction are provided for improving the employee empowerment.
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