Women and Workplace Discrimination in Australian Organization

Question: Discuss about the Women and Workplace Discrimination in Australian Organization. Answer: Brief statement of the problem The workforce of Australia is extremely separated by gender and female dominated industries. It can be categorized in terms of aged care and child care which have been historically undervalued. It has been found that women in Australia are over represented in low paid industries as part time workers (Denissen Saguy, 2014). There are so many organizations that do not provide the leadership role to the Australian women. Along with that it has been found that in 2015-16 the average Australian woman got less superannuation average of $113,660 in comparison of the average male (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2018). As consequences, women are facing issues in their retirement years. It has been estimated in Australian Human Rights Commission that aggression against women and their children put bad impact on the economy of Australia in 2015-16. However, there are various acts are in the zone of Australia such as Sex Discrimination Act which provide effect to Australias international h uman rights obligations (McGann, Ong, Bowman, Duncan, Kimberley Biggs, 2016). Aims and objectives The aim of this research is to study Women and Workplace Discrimination: Overcoming Barriers to Gender Equality in Australian Organization. To show the women and workplace discrimination in Australian organizations. To provide the reasons behind this issues. To find out the solutions for overcoming barriers to gender equality in Australian Organization. Brief methodology Methodology is the important part for the research as it helps to determine the various steps to accomplish the research. To accurately assess the variables affecting the women and workplace discrimination in Australian industry, this method has opted mixed research method to conduct this study. It involves the qualitative and quantitative data to get effective outcome regarding topic. Literature review Literature review will be helpful to assess the current concerns regarding women discrimination at workplace in Australia, which might involve the performance of women in the workplace, economic condition and external factors (French Strachan, 2015). It will be made with the help of government data, academic journals, ratio of men and women working in organizations and internet sources. Data collection Secondary data will be considered to gather the information about the chosen topic. It can be collected from newspaper, journals, articles, online sources and books. It is cost efficient approach which facilitates to gather the data in efficient term regarding the topic. Survey Survey is the efficient approach that helps to know more about the situation of the women due to discrimination in the organization. It can be collected by choosing specific organization where the response of women regarding this topic can be accumulated and evaluated. Qualitative data and qualitative data will be focused in which qualitative approach sets the questionnaire for participants which will be allocated by online sources. Quantitative approach will be used in transforming the collected data into graphs, tables and charts (Palinkas, Horwitz, Green, Wisdom, Duan Hoagwood, 2015). Sources and data Secondary data is opted to accumulate the data regarding women and workplace discrimination. The secondary sources will be comprised of articles, journals, books, articles available on internet and books (Flick, 2017). The data will be collected from government sites, online data available and other sources. After accumulating all data, entire variables such as workplace safety indicators, salary concerns, demographic characteristics and flexibility will be made in an excel sheet. Correlation analysis will be helpful to search the bonding between attraction variable such as flexibility and safety along with demographic variables such as age groups. It will define the various types of correlation such as positive, negative or none. References Australian Human Rights Commission, (2018). Face the facts: Gender Equality 2018. Retrieved from: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/face-facts/face-facts-gender-equality-2018. Denissen, A. M., Saguy, A. C. (2014). Gendered homophobia and the contradictions of workplace discrimination for women in the building trades.Gender Society,28(3), 381-403. Flick, U. (Ed.). (2017).The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. SAGE. French, E., Strachan, G. (2015). Women at work! Evaluating equal employment policies and outcomes in construction.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal,34(3), 227-243. McGann, M., Ong, R., Bowman, D., Duncan, A., Kimberley, H., Biggs, S. (2016). 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