Abstract
Gender discrimination and sexual harassment contradict with the rights of women protected by law and practices at private sector organizations in Sri Lanka that may limit the career advancement of female employees. Several empirical researches on gender discrimination confirmed the impact of gender discriminations and sexual harassments on work motivation and productivity. However, this debilitating effect on the motivation and productivity of the female managers and professionals in Sri Lanka has not seen any empirical conclusion. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between workplace gender discrimination and sexual harassment with employees works motivation and productivity. The study conducted by selecting 66 female employees (44 female managers/ professionals, 22 HR managers) as a sample from 22 medium and large scale organizations covering the Sri Lankan private sector. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses conduct on collected data through a self-administered questionnaire. The results confirmed the incidents of gender discrimination and sexual harassment are present in recruitment and promotions activities in the selected organizations. However, the results did not support the relationships between gender discrimination and the loss of motivation and productivity at work.
Highlights
In many countries, gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the labor market limit opportunities for women to obtain well paid work, promotions, and respect from an employer
This paper looks at the gender discrimination, and sexual harassment occurred in recruitment, promotions, faced by female managers and professionals in Sri Lankan private sector organizations
Collected data of this study confirmed that the existence of incidents of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the areas of recruitment, promotions of female employees holding managerial and professional positions in the selected Sri Lankan private sector organizations
Summary
Gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the labor market limit opportunities for women to obtain well paid work, promotions, and respect from an employer. Gender discrimination involves treating employees or prospective employees differently due to their gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation. These different conducts may occur in the context of hiring, firing, promotion, pay, benefits, or job classifications. According to the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report (2017) showed that “Sri Lanka's gender gap increased over the last year and gender equality ranking declined from a 100 in 2016 to 109” in 2017 out of 144 countries, but again rank became 100 in 2018 out of 149 countries. According to Alvaredo et al (2013), the gender dimension has received little attention in the recent literature on top incomes
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