Impact of Glass Ceiling, Work Environment and Organizational Policy on Employee Performance: Evidence from working women of Karachi

Abstract

In the current era, we have seen that females are getting independent and entering the business world. Female workers are contributing to our society and working like males. Therefore, the motive of this study is to detect the factors; affecting, their work in different organizations in Karachi. Additionally, this attempt will help classify the causative factors that affect employee performance. The results of, the, study show three aspects responsible for employee performance which ultimately affects their performance and motivation level. The identified factors are Glass Ceiling, Organizational Policy, and Work Environment. After evaluating the information, it can be concluded that respondents come to an agreement regarding these factors affect their performance. According to the respondent’s opinion in their organization glass ceiling exists and promotions in senior positions are not given on merit a basis. The respondents agreed that male employees hold influential positions in their organization and that affects their performance. The organizational policy and the work environment of their organization also demotivate them and become a factor in their performance. Therefore, this study identified three factors that affect employee performance and after collecting and analyzing the data it has proved that there is an impact of the glass ceiling, organizational policy, and work environment on employee performance.