Exploring the Impact of Gender, Proportional Numerical Strength at Workplace and Gender Typing of Jobs on the Perceived Diversity Climate

Abstract

The present research work intended to study the effect of Gender, Occupational gender typing and proportional numerical strength on the perceived diversity climate. Most previous studies have studied diversity issues narrowly in terms of proportional numerical strength at workplace. The present study extends the framework of prior research work by examining perceived diversity climate as a function of Gender, Occupational Gender Typing (Gender Atypical/Gender Neutral or Non Atypical) and Proportional (Male-Female) Numerical Strength at workplace (Tokens/Non Tokens), with an examination of different groups of Males and Females in Gender Atypical and Gender Neutral/Non Atypical occupations as numerical Tokens and Non Tokens respectively. Total sample size was 250. Results depict that the complex interaction of Gender, Gender typing of Occupation and Male Female proportional numerical strength impact perceived climate diversity at organizational level.