Abstract
The increasing trend of the employed female workforce, subsequently, augment their work associated with the employed male workforce. Hence, it provides a significant basis to undertake a research study for exploring employee working experience with opposite gender boss. The present qualitative research is based on ontological philosophical assumption having social constructivism as an interpretive framework and uses a phenomenological approach to extract the essence of employees lived working experience with an opposite gender boss. A semi-structured interview of not more than an hour was conducted with each of the 5 {Females (3) and Male (2)} employees of private higher education institute. The research reveals instead of boss's gender the employee working experience is based on Boss's Personality, Leadership Style and Professionalism. Further, the "Work Efficiency" and "Professionalism" of both male and female subordinates' increases while working with opposite gender boss. However, in terms of "Career Development" male bosses concentrate on developing subordinate's knowledge while female on the position. Also, Boss's personal conduct i.e. his/her age, dressing, and schedule don't contribute to subordinate's development. The research findings amplify knowledge base of employee working experience with opposite gender boss that can also be used to conduct further studies and solidify the subordinate-supervisor relationship.
Highlights
1.1 IntroductionWork is a series of activities directed towards a particular objective (Okhuysen, Lepak, Ashcraft, Labianca, Smith, & Steensma, 2013)
The results of this study reveal the employment experience of employees working with the opposite gender boss in a private higher education institute of Karachi and the research findings are applicable to the particular institute in consideration
The entire interview of all the participants was read to get an understanding of the employee working experience with the opposite gender boss
Summary
Work is a series of activities directed towards a particular objective (Okhuysen, Lepak, Ashcraft, Labianca, Smith, & Steensma, 2013). Everything that is produced or provided in this world is the by-product of this process. A firm manufactures clothes to earn money, whereas, individuals who are assigned the task of converting threads into usable clothes perform this job in exchange for a salary. This clarifies that working is a fundamental concept through which jobs are created in this world. A series of defined, specific and paid assignments, activities, duties, and responsibilities associated with an identified position of a particular domain is called a job. Jobs are an integral part of the working concept, their offering and completion are dependent on the existence of Employer and Employee
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