Job Continuation Challenges of Women in Social and Economic Spheres of Corporate Job Sector in Dhaka City

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out the significant social and economic factors affecting the decision of job continuation of female employees in Dhaka city. The number of the educated women has increased greatly in Bangladesh over the years, but the country will not be able to reap the benefit fully if these women cannot continue their jobs. A closed ended semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 199 women from the diverse backgrounds. Convenience sampling was used to collect the data. Probit regression was used to analyse the data. The analysis revealed that age, nature of job, marital status, hours spent doing household work and the bullying behaviour by boss or colleagues, the vehicle facility, the access to day care facility and the family pressure to quit jobs significantly affects the decision of job continuation of female employees. In line with the results of this study, government may provide incentives to various organizations and simultaneously design social interventions to prevent these women from discontinuing their jobs.