Abstract
Gender discrimination affects hiring choices and is prevalent in organisations and the workplace, resulting in disparities across the entire employment cycle. This paper reviews different forms of gender discrimination found in workplace, including different job stereotypes associated with gender, job language in job description, the easier access to promotion opportunities for men than women and inconsistent retirement age and salary for men and women, which can have negative consequences for employees, companies, and society. Women careers are highly affected by it, which created inequality throughout women's careers, from recruiting to selection to promotion. Finally, this paper also discusses how to solve these problems, including Blind evaluation, Structured recruitment and performance evaluation, training and increasing gender diversity in talent acquisition team.
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Kartika Solanki
Department of Psychology, Kamla Nehru College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Received: 07-09-2022, Accepted: 04-11-2022, Published Online: 04-11-2022