Gen X and Gen Y Women Managers: Challenges and Issues

Abstract

Despite of increase in diversity and equality at workplace, women in India still face gender bias and are represented less at boardroom level. According to an annual survey by Grant Thornton (2017), India ranks third lowest in the proportion of business leadership roles held by women. Women experience gender stereotyping at workplace not only by men but also by other women. Though gender roles in India are changing, women in top positions are still facing various hindrances. As women constitute a large proportion of employees in several countries, awareness of the factors and barriers affecting their participation is highly required (Burrell et al, 1997). In this paper an attempt has been made to study the various challenges faced by women in managerial position. Several studies have been conducted on challenges faced by Women and how it impacts women in different settings but very few studies have focused on the role of generation as a mediating factor for the challenges faced by women on a day to day basis. Thus study compares the issues faced by Gen X and Gen Y women managers. Women managers belonging to banking sector are considered for this study. Findings reveal that there is no significant difference in the issues faced by Gen X and Gen Y women managers in banking sector in Nagpur. It was also found that organizational policies and workplace ecosystem majorly create hindrances for women in managerial positions.