International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences
Year : 2017, Volume : 6, Issue : 7
First page : ( 35) Last page : ( 42)
Online ISSN : 2278-6236.

Factors influencing career development of women employees in IT Industry-An empirical study

Bimba S. Felin¹, Dr. Kaliyamoorthy S.²

¹ICSSR Doctoral Research Scholar, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi

²Professor and Director, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi

Online published on 5 December, 2019.

Abstract

Career is essential for every employee in an organization. The organization need to provide a successful career path and career development for its employees. When compared to other sectors, career development in IT sector is little different. In IT sector the employee who has exceptional performance and project achievement will be deserved to get promotion. This exceptional performance will differ from person to person, especially to Genders. Women besides their multiple roles cannot perform their job as men do. This personal problem and many other problems may influence their career development. To analyze this problem, the researcher has used structured questionnaire to collect the data from 293 women employees from various IT companies in Chennai city. The statistical tools like One-way Anova and Friedman test have been used to analyze the data and suggestions have been drawn based on the analysis. The researcher would like to thank the authorities of Indian council of social science research for their timely help to complete this research paper with funded and deserved manner.

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Keywords

Career development, IT industry, Women employees and Job performance.

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