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| Women in Workplace | | | Dr. Pragya Khanna | 1/10/2012 10:54:11 PM |
| Today women have come a long way managing their family and professional lives. The professional choices for women have gone up and new career development programs being opened up serve as boost for women who have already made their foray into retail jobs, finance, executive jobs and even top managerial jobs. In earlier days, women used to be silent and submissive in their outlook at their workplace since very few women in fact stepped out of their home to do jobs.
While today women have used their intelligence and education and stared adversity straight in the face to scale the heights of success unlike their predecessors who didn't have access to such wide array of education and awareness programs. Interestingly, in a recent 'Wall Street Journal' special survey it was found that women possess certain characteristics that have enabled them to cross boundaries and jump in the open arena against men counterparts. Women generally accept criticism and accordingly rectify their behavior, while men keep doing things the same way, even after being told it's wrong. Women are not shy about asking for advice or guidance, while men prefer taking a guess rather than asking a woman for help. Women are readily able to admit they are wrong, while most men deny fault, rather than taking the blame.
Women generally wait for their turn to talk during meetings; men tend to interrupt other people to voice their opinion. Women are mostly well prepared and do sufficient research for any assignment; men often scramble to put things together just to have something ready on time.
Anyhow, it is important to remember that this non-exhaustive checklist is not in reference to quantifying men and women's abilities in the workplace. This is merely in order to shed some light on the different behaviors between the two sexes at work. In no way should this list be taken as an infallible reference to people's attitudes at work.
Even with all this progress, there are still some jobs that remain qualified as being a 'man's' job. For this notion, in my opinion, women are equally responsible as men. Although women prefer having a female doctor during some complaints, however, a large amount actually prefer having a man as a legal consultant, religious adviser or a police officer.
Despite of basic problems the number of working womenfolk is increasing day by day in every society, culture, rural and urban setup. While the underlying reason for the increase of women at work seems to be for financial purposes, many women are entering the workforce and climbing the corporate ladder solely because of ambition, aspirations and for personal fulfillment.
While we talk of the increase in outgoing, extrovert and gregarious attitude of women it is worthy to mention that working women who have strived really hard to make their mark are subject to certain health issues being working overtime to maintain a balance between employment and family units. A large number of women workers is said to complain of frequent headaches, back pain, fatigue and high blood pressure.
Also factors such as poor nutritional status, anemia, tension, concentrated attention required by some jobs in industries related to embroidery, electric appliances, gems, jewellery etc, which demands intellectual or mental activities increases fatigue. A large number of women workers complain of symptoms such as irritability, mood swings, and depression, sadness and concentration problems.
A study conducted at the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at Boston has shown that women and men respond differently to stress. Women also report having more to worry about each day. Men on average worried about three things on a daily basis (their immediate family, job and money). Women worried about up to 12 things, including their immediate family, job and money, but also their extended family, the home, the social and academic lives of the children, social connections with neighbors and friends, and more. The study also revealed the three values in the workplace most important to men are pay and benefits; achievement and success; status and authority. While these values also are important to women, ranking higher in importance were friends at work and relationships; recognition and respect, and communication and collaboration.
Therefore, the researchers suggested that the organizations must recognize that women and men are fundamentally different in ways. The health of the organization depends on the health of the individual. Since women now represent half of the workforce, we need to understand how corporate cultures that have evolved largely based on male models can become healthy for both genders.
Nowadays, many organizations are investing in a work-life balance strategy and they are reaping rewards like motivated and loyal workforce, increased productivity, improved staff relations etc.
It is a well known reality that if you are a working woman you are always doing the tightrope walking skillfully balancing your job and family life. For doing so you have to have time management skills so that you can give equal time to both your commitments. But doing so you have to face a lot of problems and in the process it takes a toll on your health. Suffering from insomnia, headaches, and nerve problems are common issues faced by many working women. So do take time out for yourself and go for some health care treatments as well as beauty treatments. This will help you to reclaim your lost health and beauty amidst the humdrum chores. |
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