Female managers face discrimination in IT sector: Study

IT'S SLANT: Women in IT sector feel that appraisals and job opportunities are gender-biased.

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Bangalore: Women managers in the IT sector are still battling the glass ceiling.

A NASSCOM and IIM-Ahmedabad study has shown that less than 10 per cent of the top managers in the sector are women, even though at the entry level, the ratio is 42 per cent.

The study shows that women in the sector feel recruitment, appraisals and job opportunities are gender-biased.

IIM-A’s Associate professor (Communication), Asha Kaul, said, "All the women stated the inhibitions were personal. Either them not having the competence or problems at the personal front or not managing the work-life balance"

Over 40 per cent of the professionals who responded to the study say they prefer women team leaders, while 60 per cent say they want more women executives involved in decision-making to make the process more gender-sensitive.

The study has gone on to recommend that mangers be accountable.

"Have a gender audit in your organisation, make managers more accountable for gender-focussed results, and have everyone go through a gender sensitisation process,” suggests Rekha Jain, Associate co-ordinator, Centre for Telecom Policy Studies, IIM-A.

The study also recommends bringing successful women who are part of top management into the limelight so they can be role models for those in lower and middle management.