India was ranked 120th by World Bank from a list of 131 countries as far as female workforce participation in 2017 is concerned (Venkatesh, 2017). Looking at it from a demographic level, there are only a few states which have a women workforce larger than the men workforce. The low percentage of working women is both a social and economic loss. According to a survey, it was seen that working women form an integral part of the junior management level comprising 16%, while women comprise only 4% each at the middle and senior levels and as far as organizational leadership positions (CEOs) are concerned they represent only 1%. This suggests that that women’s entry is proportionately large but their progression is very slow (Center for Social Research, 2009). Interestingly, there has been little research done in India around the impact of the challenges that women employees in the managerial cadre face which subsequently has a negative influence on their productivity and efficiency. During the course of this research, external factors such as the glass ceiling, discrimination at the work place, unfriendly organizational policies or internal factors like work-life balance, personal capability and perception and family and also societal factors were identified which present a challenge for women employees. The study aims to investigate the impact of these factors on women employees in terms of their efficiency and productivity ( Jamali D. , 2006). The research would be conducted for women employees in the managerial cadre in the IT, Civil and Electronics sectors across the country.

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印度IT，民用和电子行业管理干部中女性员工的挑战：分析

就2017年的女性劳动力参与而言，印度在131个国家中被世界银行排名120位（Venkatesh，2017年）。从人口的角度来看，只有少数几个州的女性劳动力比男性劳动力大。职业妇女所占比例低，既是社会损失，也是经济损失。根据一项调查，可以看出，职业女性是初级管理水平不可或缺的一部分，占16％，而在中高级职位上，女性仅占4％，就组织领导职位（CEO）而言，仅代表1％。这表明，女性进入的比例相当大，但她们的进步却非常缓慢（Center for Social Research，2009）。有趣的是，在印度，关于管理干部女雇员所面临挑战的影响的研究很少，这对他们的生产率和效率产生了负面影响。在这项研究过程中，确定了外部因素，例如玻璃天花板，工作场所的歧视，不友好的组织政策或内部因素，例如工作与生活的平衡，个人能力和知觉以及家庭以及社会因素，这些因素构成了挑战。女员工。该研究旨在调查这些因素对女性员工的效率和生产力的影响（Jamali D.，2006）。这项研究将针对全国IT，民用和电子行业管理干部的女雇员进行。