 Social issues and workplace culture: a case study in Sri LankaThilakshi Kodagoda International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2013, vol. 12, issue 3, 237-250 Abstract: Many governments have encouraged women into employment and education but women's participation in top management posts is very low and they hold low-paid jobs, mostly temporary and part-time. This paper therefore looks at how professional mothers in Sri Lanka are socially and structurally constrained in the workplace and how they take decisions on combining motherhood and employment. The researcher used a version of thematic analysis in undertaking the analysis of interview accounts, mothers' narratives about life in the family and at work. Throughout, the paper considers female professionals in the public health sector in Sri Lanka, along with significant family members and the district medical officer. It demonstrates those working women's mothering, primary childcare, available childcare facilities, gendered work place practices and hierarchical structures as major predictors of women's underachievement. Keywords: employment; motherhood; gender inequality; gender identity; professional women; enterprise development; management; Sri Lanka; social issues; workplace culture; female participation; professional mothers; public health sector; underachievement. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:12:y:2013:i:3:p:237-250 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.