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Impact of Double Bind & Promotional Paradox on Work Performance of Women


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1 Chitkara University, India
2 Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Banur, Punjab, India
     

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Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue, but also a critical economic challenge. In recent decades, global movements and charters have recognized that women have the right to equal opportunity, equal access to resources, and freedom from discrimination. These efforts have partly paid off. Women have entered the workforce in greater numbers,and today they occupy positions of leadership in government, business, and civil society. Nevertheless, women have yet to achieve parity in labor markets and in key aspects of their everyday lives. This paper focuses on understanding the problems and challenges the women managers face in work situations that put them in double bind paradox which further impacts on their work performance.
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Vandana Madaan
Chitkara University, India
Preethi Pradhan
Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Banur, Punjab, India

Abstract


Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue, but also a critical economic challenge. In recent decades, global movements and charters have recognized that women have the right to equal opportunity, equal access to resources, and freedom from discrimination. These efforts have partly paid off. Women have entered the workforce in greater numbers,and today they occupy positions of leadership in government, business, and civil society. Nevertheless, women have yet to achieve parity in labor markets and in key aspects of their everyday lives. This paper focuses on understanding the problems and challenges the women managers face in work situations that put them in double bind paradox which further impacts on their work performance.

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