Workplace gender equality in Kedah: An exploratory analysis

This study aims to identify the workplace gender equality or inequality in term of pay, promotion, decision making and training and development based on employees’ perceptions in private sector, Kedah. Specifically, this paper identifies the relationships between gender equality/inequality and perce...

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Main Author:	Tan, Miau Wei
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Language:	eng eng
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory
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description	This study aims to identify the workplace gender equality or inequality in term of pay, promotion, decision making and training and development based on employees’ perceptions in private sector, Kedah. Specifically, this paper identifies the relationships between gender equality/inequality and perceived pay fairness, perceived promotion fairness, perceived decision making fairness and perceived training and developments fairness in the workplace. Besides, this study investigates either the facilities that regarding to gender equality are provided or not by employers in the workplace and also to examine the importance of those facilities based on their perception. Data collection method encompass on self-administered surveys to 150 workers in selected private sector companies through a systematic cluster and purposive sampling design. Questionnaires were equally distributed in three sectors which are retail/wholesaler, manufacturing and services sectors. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Probit model and Pearson correlation test. Results from Probit regression indicate that respondents who have higher satisfaction of perceived pay fairness and perceived decision making are more likely to have gender equality in the workplace in the private sector, Kedah. This result shows that gender equality achieve in term of pay and decision making. Conversely, Pearson correlation test shows that there is a significant and strong positive relationship between gender equality and perceived pay fairness, perceived promotion fairness, perceived decision making fairness and perceived training and development fairness
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title	Workplace gender equality in Kedah: An exploratory analysis
title_short	Workplace gender equality in Kedah: An exploratory analysis
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spelling	my-uum-etd.49512021-03-29T09:55:31Z Workplace gender equality in Kedah: An exploratory analysis 2015 Tan, Miau Wei Abdullah, Norehan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HB Economic Theory HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This study aims to identify the workplace gender equality or inequality in term of pay, promotion, decision making and training and development based on employees’ perceptions in private sector, Kedah. Specifically, this paper identifies the relationships between gender equality/inequality and perceived pay fairness, perceived promotion fairness, perceived decision making fairness and perceived training and developments fairness in the workplace. Besides, this study investigates either the facilities that regarding to gender equality are provided or not by employers in the workplace and also to examine the importance of those facilities based on their perception. Data collection method encompass on self-administered surveys to 150 workers in selected private sector companies through a systematic cluster and purposive sampling design. Questionnaires were equally distributed in three sectors which are retail/wholesaler, manufacturing and services sectors. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Probit model and Pearson correlation test. Results from Probit regression indicate that respondents who have higher satisfaction of perceived pay fairness and perceived decision making are more likely to have gender equality in the workplace in the private sector, Kedah. This result shows that gender equality achieve in term of pay and decision making. Conversely, Pearson correlation test shows that there is a significant and strong positive relationship between gender equality and perceived pay fairness, perceived promotion fairness, perceived decision making fairness and perceived training and development fairness 2015 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4951/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4951/1/s816942.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/4951/2/s816942_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Adams, J. (1965). Inequality in social exchange. Advances in experimental social psychology, 62, 335-343. Aigner, D.J., & Cain, G.C. (1977). Statistical theories of discrimination. Industrial and Labor Relations Review ,30 (2), 175-187. Andaleeb, S.S., & Wolford, G.V. (2004). Participation in the workplace: gender perspectives from Bangladesh. Women in Management Review, 19(1), 52 – 64. Barron, R. D., & Norris G. M. (1976). Sexual division and the dual labor marketing dependence and exploitation in work and marriage. 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