Gender Discrimination, Psychological Distress and Job Performance among Female Employees

Abstract

The study aims to investigate gender discrimination, psychological distress and job performance among female employees. Although awareness of equal opportunity in the workplace and other areas is increasing, gender discrimination remains a major issue that often brings down the mental health and productivity of people. A sample of 300 female employees working in public and private sector organizations were collected by using convenience sampling. Findings revealed that Psychological distress was positively related to gender discrimination, and task and contextual performance was negatively related to gender discrimination. The regression analyses revealed that gender discrimination was a significant predictor of psychological distress and job performance and that psychological distress was a significant predictor of job performance. The private sector workers also suffered more from discrimination and distress, but on the other hand, they had lower job performance than the public sector workers.