Status of Harassment and Discrimination in Jamshoro Education City, Pakistan
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
This research focuses on identifying status of harassment and discrimination at higher education institutions (HEIs) in Jamshoro Education City (JEC). The constitution and government of Pakistan approved some acts and policies to give equal rights to both genders at work place and it is required to make these policies part of organizational management. However, whether HEIs in JEC has made it a part of their management and whether do they really need to make it a part of management is explored in this paper. The data is collected through close ended questionnaires along with some interviews. Results reveal that harassment and discrimination exist in HEIs in JEC but the level of occurrences is low. The mostly occurred discriminations identified are organizational politics and distributions of benefits. It was also identified that majority of females do not know about the existing acts and policies given by government of Pakistan to control harassment in working environment and there is no enforcement to implement these policies in JEC. The correlation test identified a positive relationship between awareness level and implementation of these acts and policies and a negative relationship was identified between these factors and occurrence of harassment and discrimination in JEC. It concludes that if management will implement these policies the harassment and discrimination in HEIs in JEC will further reduce.
Authors and Affiliations
Khalida Khan, Arabella Bhutto, Paras Rani Mahar
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- EP ID EP603269
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i2/2646
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