Employment:An Indicator of Self-Esteem among Women

Now a days more and more women are entering the corporate world. A portray of women has changed from homemaker to bread earner. The sense of self is the product of interaction with them in the real world. Hence, resulting in enhanced self worth. Thus with this frame work in mind, present study is an attempt to assess and compare the self-esteem of employed v/s unemployed women. A purposive sample of 300 women (150 employed and 150 unemployed) aged 25-45 years working in the different departments at different hierarchy of ranks from Rohtak City. descriptive and inferential statistics were used to compute data and found significant difference in the level of self-esteem of employed v/s unemployed women. The interventions to boost self-esteem among unemployed are discussed in the paper.