Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh
Accessing in senior positions of organisations is always challenging for women especially in developing countries. Although several studies in the past have helped explain the impact of some significant variables for women access to senior positions, not many studies examined the effects of certain...
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| author | Islam, Md Asadul Jantan, Amer Hamzah Faraj Aldaihani, Faraj Mazyed Rahman, Md Adnan Md Khan, Arif Shahin, Setaruzzaman Alam, Mohammad Nurul |
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| description | Accessing in senior positions of organisations is always challenging for women especially in developing countries. Although several studies in the past have helped explain the impact of some significant variables for women access to senior positions, not many studies examined the effects of certain factors such as empowerment, flexibility and trust on women’s access to senior positions in the Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry. Thus, the aim of the study is to examine the impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust in the RMG industry where more than 90% of workers are women. This study employed a convenience sampling method to select 200 female respondents working in different positions RMG industry in Dhaka,Bangladesh. The finding reveals that empowerment and trust have the significant impact on women’s access to the senior positions in RMG organizations in Bangladesh. However, findings shows that flexibility has no significant impact on women’ access to senior positions in RMG organizations in Bangladesh. Future researches can be conducted to include more variables and respondents. |
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| spelling | upm-745642019-10-15T03:20:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74564/ Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh Islam, Md Asadul Jantan, Amer Hamzah Faraj Aldaihani, Faraj Mazyed Rahman, Md Adnan Md Khan, Arif Shahin, Setaruzzaman Alam, Mohammad Nurul Accessing in senior positions of organisations is always challenging for women especially in developing countries. Although several studies in the past have helped explain the impact of some significant variables for women access to senior positions, not many studies examined the effects of certain factors such as empowerment, flexibility and trust on women’s access to senior positions in the Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry. Thus, the aim of the study is to examine the impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust in the RMG industry where more than 90% of workers are women. This study employed a convenience sampling method to select 200 female respondents working in different positions RMG industry in Dhaka,Bangladesh. The finding reveals that empowerment and trust have the significant impact on women’s access to the senior positions in RMG organizations in Bangladesh. However, findings shows that flexibility has no significant impact on women’ access to senior positions in RMG organizations in Bangladesh. Future researches can be conducted to include more variables and respondents. Allied Academies 2018 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74564/1/Impact%20of%20empowerment%2C%20flexibility%20and%20trust%20on%20women%27s%20access%20to%20senior%20positions%20in%20RMG%20industry%20of%20Bangladesh.pdf Islam, Md Asadul and Jantan, Amer Hamzah and Faraj Aldaihani, Faraj Mazyed and Rahman, Md Adnan and Md Khan, Arif and Shahin, Setaruzzaman and Alam, Mohammad Nurul (2018) Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh. International Journal of Entrepreneurship (IJE), 22 (3). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1099-9264; ISSN: 1939-4675 https://www.abacademies.org/abstract/impact-of-empowerment-flexibility-and-trust-on-womens-access-to-senior-positions-in-rmg-industry-of-bangladesh-7418.html |
| spellingShingle | Islam, Md Asadul Jantan, Amer Hamzah Faraj Aldaihani, Faraj Mazyed Rahman, Md Adnan Md Khan, Arif Shahin, Setaruzzaman Alam, Mohammad Nurul Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title | Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title_full | Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title_short | Impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in RMG industry of Bangladesh |
| title_sort | impact of empowerment, flexibility and trust on women's access to senior positions in rmg industry of bangladesh |
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