Title: HR policy for women intellectual capital and gender discrimination: role of social culture in workplace

Authors: Ghulam Muhammad; Abu Bakar A. Hamid; Noor Inayah Ya'akub; Rizwana Rasheed

Addresses: Infrastructure University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Management Science, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Infrastructure University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Infrastructure University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Iqra University, Main Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract: The purpose of the research is to find out the moderating role of social culture in workplace in the relationship of HR policies (promotion and salary) for women intellectual capital and gender discrimination in Pakistan. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 120 respondents who are working in textile industry in Karachi, Pakistan. The quota sampling technique was used to collect the data from respondents. Smart PLS v 3.2.8 was used as a statistical tool for testing the hypotheses. The results show that proper HR polices regarding promotions and salary have significant effect on gender discriminations, but social culture does not have any impact on gender discrimination in textile industry of Pakistan. While social culture in the workplace does not play any moderating role between HR policies and gender discrimination. The paper added new contribution by checking the moderating role of social culture in textile industry of Pakistan.

Keywords: gender discrimination; promotion; salary; social culture; human resource policies; feminist theory.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2024.142385

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2024 Vol.21 No.4, pp.431 - 447

Accepted: 14 May 2024
Published online: 28 Oct 2024 *

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