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Resiliency in Women:A Positive Strategy to Manage Work Adversity


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1 Department of Good Governance and Public Policy, Sri-Sri University, Odisha, India
2 Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
     

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Generally, people think women are emotional, but the fact is, women are also great intellectual geniuses and excel in planning and execution. The biggest strength that a woman has is her emotions, feelings, motivation and inspiration. In today's competitive business environment, we need women to come to the forefront and take more responsibility, without getting stressed. Women also have a great role to play in the society. She can be a strong peacemaker; at home, in the community, in society and in the world. Women can glue differences and bring people of diverse nature together she does it in her home all the time. Both women and men need resilience to deal with difficulties in life. But women often need more resilience than men to overcome the so called traditional hindrances in their way, in order to advance in the business world. However, many women are not aware of the amount of resilience they do possess. In the current pace of life, we need to balance our inner peace, beauty and ethical values with the external challenges we face, and women also have it in them to do it. These qualities are natural in a woman. Indian scriptures place incredible amount of power in women. The primordial energy is known as 'Shakti1. It is the life force behind the whole creation. That is why Indian scriptures honor women as the highest aspect of divinity- the 'Aadhya Shakti'. Resilience may be the new criterion for professional advancement. The current globalized world of economic uncertainty and intense competitiveness, organizations that instill resilience in their future leaders will have a clear advantage. Like other skills, resilience can be learned and developed. Resilience is also the key to personal growth and development. This study aims to analyze the levels of resiliency of working women in private sectors towards the work adversity in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. The globalized societal status exists full of work adversity specifically for women; this study was intended to foster women participation with resilience. We have conducted an empirical study with private sector working women through both an online and direct questionnaire survey involving 500 respondents. Data collection was completed through the Personal Resilience Questionnaire survey with findings and recommendations.

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Resiliency, Working Woman, Work Adversity, Social Transformation.
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Authors

Pratima Saragi
Department of Good Governance and Public Policy, Sri-Sri University, Odisha, India
Kalpana Sahoo
Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Abstract


Generally, people think women are emotional, but the fact is, women are also great intellectual geniuses and excel in planning and execution. The biggest strength that a woman has is her emotions, feelings, motivation and inspiration. In today's competitive business environment, we need women to come to the forefront and take more responsibility, without getting stressed. Women also have a great role to play in the society. She can be a strong peacemaker; at home, in the community, in society and in the world. Women can glue differences and bring people of diverse nature together she does it in her home all the time. Both women and men need resilience to deal with difficulties in life. But women often need more resilience than men to overcome the so called traditional hindrances in their way, in order to advance in the business world. However, many women are not aware of the amount of resilience they do possess. In the current pace of life, we need to balance our inner peace, beauty and ethical values with the external challenges we face, and women also have it in them to do it. These qualities are natural in a woman. Indian scriptures place incredible amount of power in women. The primordial energy is known as 'Shakti1. It is the life force behind the whole creation. That is why Indian scriptures honor women as the highest aspect of divinity- the 'Aadhya Shakti'. Resilience may be the new criterion for professional advancement. The current globalized world of economic uncertainty and intense competitiveness, organizations that instill resilience in their future leaders will have a clear advantage. Like other skills, resilience can be learned and developed. Resilience is also the key to personal growth and development. This study aims to analyze the levels of resiliency of working women in private sectors towards the work adversity in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. The globalized societal status exists full of work adversity specifically for women; this study was intended to foster women participation with resilience. We have conducted an empirical study with private sector working women through both an online and direct questionnaire survey involving 500 respondents. Data collection was completed through the Personal Resilience Questionnaire survey with findings and recommendations.

Keywords


Resiliency, Working Woman, Work Adversity, Social Transformation.

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