1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Don Bosco Institute of Management Studies & Computer Applications, Bangalore. Email: shiluvarghese123@gmail.com
2 Professor and Head, Department of Management, Don Bosco Institute of Management Studies and Computer Applications, Kumbalgodu, Bangalore-560074. Email: kthrivenikumari@gmail.com
Online published on 4 November, 2017.
Empowerment of Women in the Work Place means giving women employees a degree of autonomy and discretion to perform their tasks in a safe working environment with gender equality and non discrimination and generating a feeling of self-efficacy among them at workplace. In today's or present situation in India, women have started working in male dominated jobs such as defense, police, security, hospitality industry (Air hostesses), journalist, ticket collectors and drivers in Railways, and bus conductors, drivers and technicians in transport industry. The transport industry had failed to draw the attention of women workers till 1980's. In 1980's onwards women gradually entered into the transport industry as bus conductors in different parts of India. In the same way, the situation can be seen in Karnataka with respect to Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). In this study, researcher concentrates on lady conductors. Since it is a mobile work women bus conductor's work by standing, have to bear vibration and sound of the bus and interact with the commuters of multi-personalities. Women find it very difficult to tolerate, however in the case of pregnant women it is a highly difficult task. Even in this situation large numbers of women are entering bus conductor job due to their economic necessity. Apart from these problems, she has to work with male colleagues and has to work in different shifts and return home at late night.
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between women empowerment and job satisfaction among the lady conductors of Karnataka Transport Industry. A sample of 100 women conductors are selected on the basis of simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire consists of 14 statements which used for data collection among women conductors of BMTC in Karnataka. Then percentage analysis, descriptive analysis and correlation analysis were the techniques used for data analysis. The result says that there is a positive and significant correlation between women empowerment and job satisfaction.
Women Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, Women Conductors, BMTC, Transportation
