Gender Difference Among Employees Working In Diplomatic Missions

Farkhanda Warsi Farkhanda Warsi

doi:10.52337/pjia.v3i2.21

Abstract

  This study was conducted to examine the gender differences among men and women employees working in Diplomatic Missions. The area of the study was different Diplomatic Missions of different countries and their employees both men and women. The random sampling technique was used to select 24 employees working in diplomatic missions as a sample for the study. Out of 24 employees, 12 were women and 12 were men. Data was collected through questionnaire developed by researcher. The reliability of the questionnaire came out to be .759 for number of employment opportunities and 0.892 for position in office hierarchy. Data collected through questionnaire was analyzed through quantitative means and the data collected was presented in percentage and frequencies and to test the hypothesis paired sample Independent t-test was applied. Findings of this study indicated that gender difference exists between men and women employees working in Diplomatic Missions, the ratio of women employees was less on top position in most of the Diplomatic Missions as compared to men. Moreover, men and women not treated equally in number of employment opportunities. Therefore, it is recommended that authorities of Diplomatic Missions should treated equally of both employees in terms of number of employment opportunities, and top positions in diplomatic missions    

Highlights

According to the English Encyclopedia (2014) Gender differentials refer to the unequal social and economic resources distribution between men and women
According to research completed by Rehman (2011), the status of men and women are different in world affairs, the diplomatic mission is the place where men’s and women are considered different and mostly men are top representative of a country
H1: There is no significant differences on top positions of men and women employees in diplomatic missions H1: The women employees are less on top position as compared to men in diplomatic missions

Summary

Introduction

According to the English Encyclopedia (2014) Gender differentials refer to the unequal social and economic resources distribution between men and women. According to research completed by Rehman (2011), the status of men and women are different in world affairs, the diplomatic mission is the place where men’s and women are considered different and mostly men are top representative of a country. According to the research study (ISDS, 2015), in Vietnam only 2% of men do not work as compared to above 20% women due to household responsibilities. The third section will present the Literature Review regarding gender difference in different fields such as, men and women differences in education, men and women differences in labor force participation/employment opportunities, men and women differences in income, men and women differences in authority or decision-making power or etc. Gender differences are a very common phenomenon among men and women employees working in different organizations including in the diplomatic services. The research problem under investigation is “GENDER DIFFRENCE AMONG EMPLOYEES WORKING IN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF ASIAN, WESTERN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES”

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Literature Review

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