Adarsh Journal of Management Research

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access

Digital Revolution-An Elixir for Women Professionals


Affiliations
1 MBA Department, Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bengaluru, India
2 Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bengaluru, India
 

Culturally in India, it was a foregone conclusion that economic activities are exclusively the prerogative of males while child bearing and domestic chores rest with the women folk of the family. In the recent decades, proper education, better awareness alongside increasing cost of living have facilitated women folk to venture out and seek employment. In the current scenario, significant numbers of women join the work force but a countable few succeed to make it to the top. The barriers that face women professionals from climbing the ladder of corporate success may be classified as personal, social, cultural, organizational and structural.This paper attempts to analyze the role of 'Digitization' as a possible solution to the barriers faced by working women professionals.

Keywords

Career, Challenges, Women Professionals, Life Events, Digitization.
User
Notifications
Font Size

  • Boswell, W. R. & Olson-Buchanan, J. B. (2007). The use of communication technologies after hours: The role of work attitudes and work-life conflict. Journal of Management,33(4), 592–610.

  • Domenico, D. M., & Jones, K. H. (2007). Career aspirations of women in the 20th century. Journal of career and technical education, 22(2).

  • Gutek, B. A., &Larwood, L. E. (1987). Women’s career development, Sage Publications, Inc. Mavriplis, C., Heller, R., Beil, C., Dam, K., Yassinskaya, N., Shaw, M. & Sorensen, C. (2010).

  • Mind the Gap: Women in STEM Career Breaks. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 5(1), 140–151. https://doi.org/Article.

  • Tinklin, T., Croxford, L., Ducklin, A., & Frame, B. (2005). Gender and attitudes to work and family roles: the views of young people at the millennium. Gender and Education, 17(2), 129-142.

  • Rajesh.S &Ekambaram, K. (2013) The Career Trajectories of Indian Women professionals in the IT Industry: An Empirical Study. International Journal of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Research, 2(6), 84–97.

  • Nieva, V F & Gutek, B. A. (1981). Women and work. NY , Prague.

  • Yang, K. S. (1988). Will societal modernization eventually eliminate cross-cultural psychological differences?

  • J. Latha1, M. Sindhuja A Study on the Career Trajectories of Women Employees in Information Technology (IT) Industry with Special Reference to Chennai City IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE).

  • Saundarya Rajesh; KarthikEkambaram (2013)The Career Trajectories Of Indian Women Professionals In The It Industry: An Empirical Study International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research.

  • Parenting, work and the gender pay gap Perspective Paper. Workplace Gender Agency- Australian Government.

  • Malcolm Sargeant (2014) Literature survey on pregnancy and maternity discrimination for the Northern Ireland Equality Commission,Middlesex University Business School, London, UK.

  • Clem Herman After a career break: Challenges for women returning to ICT The Open University UK.

  • Sheryl Sandberg (2015) Lean in Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.


Abstract Views: 202

PDF Views: 110




  • Digital Revolution-An Elixir for Women Professionals

Abstract Views: 202  |  PDF Views: 110

Authors

Chaya Bagrecha
MBA Department, Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bengaluru, India
Shalini Acharya
Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bengaluru, India

Abstract


Culturally in India, it was a foregone conclusion that economic activities are exclusively the prerogative of males while child bearing and domestic chores rest with the women folk of the family. In the recent decades, proper education, better awareness alongside increasing cost of living have facilitated women folk to venture out and seek employment. In the current scenario, significant numbers of women join the work force but a countable few succeed to make it to the top. The barriers that face women professionals from climbing the ladder of corporate success may be classified as personal, social, cultural, organizational and structural.This paper attempts to analyze the role of 'Digitization' as a possible solution to the barriers faced by working women professionals.

Keywords


Career, Challenges, Women Professionals, Life Events, Digitization.

References





DOI: https://doi.org/10.21095/ajmr%2F2017%2Fv0%2Fi0%2F122320