Abstract:
Purpose: The puipose of this study was to analyze the Equal Employment Opportunity
practices in private banking and the hospital sector of Karachi, Pakistan and also get to know
about the issues of Equal Employment Opportunity for women in banks and hospitals
Karachi Pakistan.
Research Design/Sampling: The study is descriptive in nature and data were collected
through questionnaires from private six banks and six hospitals of Karachi Pakistan. The
methodology used quantitative approach and SPSS Statistics 22 version software used to
analyze the results. The total sample size was 300 respondents, 150 respondents from banks
and 150 respondents from hospitals and sampling technique was used non-probability
inconvenience.
Findings of the Research: The findings revealed that women face some issues in the
workplace, such as barrier of glass ceiling which restrict women to occupy a top management
position, gender discrimination in terms of low status job, gender stereotypes also creates a
barrier in the advancement of women's career and women face sexual harassment issue more
in hospitals as compared to banks.
Limitations of the research: This study was conducted only in six banks and six hospitals
by the private sector due to lack of time and lack of references researcher could not conduct
this study in other sectors.
Practical Implications of the Research: This study is supportive for the women who
working in private sectors, HR managers, NGOs and also helpful for the Government to
know about the issues facing women at workplace and with the help of this study they must
try to avoid these issues.
