Barriers and gender issues faced by women in the services sector in Oman

It is interesting to note that in Oman, more and more women are taking up employment. But still a very handful of them actually step up the career ladder and reach the top most rung of the ladder. Different studies done in the past shows that women are prevented from advancing to the top because of gender discrimination and the various barriers and gender related issues faced by them at the workplace. The study tried to find out the perception of women respondents regarding various gender issues in the workplace for the hospitality and financial sectors also whether there is an association between sector and comfort level among employees-working under male and female supervisors and supervising female and male employees. The research method used in this study is quantitative in nature. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Techniques like Test of Proportion and Mantel Haenszel test are used for analysis and data has been interpreted accordingly. It is observed from the findings that whether it is the hospitality or the financial sector, the perception of the women respondents for various gender issues faced by them in the workplace remain the same.