Harassment at the Workplace, Powerlessness and Identity: Experiences of Women Civil Servants in India

Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 437 - 457
Published: Sep 27, 2015
Abstract
Women civil servants have to put up an incessant fight to assert and defend their ‘identity’ in Indian workplaces. The article discusses the perception of women civil servants based on semi-structured interviews that were audio-taped and transcribed. The discussion is situated within Indian culture that elevates woman’s status to that of a deity (Basham, 1954) but practises rampant discrimination through dowry harassment, violence within the...
Paper Details
Title
Harassment at the Workplace, Powerlessness and Identity: Experiences of Women Civil Servants in India
Published Date
Sep 27, 2015
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
437 - 457
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