Perceived Gender Stereotypical Biasness, Perceived Organizational Support and Psychological Agony among Stem Field Employees

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between Perceived Gender Stereotypical Biasness, Perceived Organizational Support and Psychological Agony among employees of Stem Fields. Data was collected from faculty of Stem Fields of universities from the Twin Cities (Islamabad and Rawalpindi) of age range 22-65. Purposive Sampling Technique was used for the collection of data. Three instruments were used to measure the study variables i.e., Perceptions of Gender Equality in Departments (ASSET_A), Perceptions of Gender Equality in the Allocation of Tasks and Resources (ASSET_B), Perceived Organizational Support Scale (POSS) and The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (KDS). Results revealed a significant negative relationship between Perceptions of Gender Equality in Departments and Perceived Organizational Support with Psychological Agony. Further results also showed that ASSET_A and POS and also covariates i.e., Educational level and Pay Discrimination significantly negatively predicted Psychological Agony. Female employees reported higher scores than male on psychological agony. Graduate employees reported higher scores than post-graduate employees on psychological agony. Also employees who have experienced pay discrimination reported more scores than those who haven’t experienced pay discrimination on psychological agony. Employees with no workload equity reported higher scores on psychological agony than those with workload equity. The study has its implications in addressing inequalities at workplace and also developing policies and strategies to promote supportive environment and employees’well-being in organizations. In addition to that limitations and recommendations for future research along with practical implications were also discussed.