Gender Based Wage Discrimination and Its Impact on Performance of Blue Collar Workers: Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to: (i) analyze the effects of wage discrimination in gender among blue-collar
workers in manufacturing organizations and specific objectives were to (i) identify that gender discrimination
plays a vital role in employees’ pay dissatisfaction (ii) analyze whether or not a significant difference between
women’s and men’s pay do affect their productivity. Gender plays a vital role in determining wage rate
especially when their level of job is lower. Literature reviews revealed that the majority of manufacturing
organizations do discriminate among gender at the time of distribution on even setting the wage rates of
a different gender. For getting responses to these queries, a closed-ended questionnaire was used to find out the
employee’s responses about gender discrimination and its impact on the performance of blue-collar
workers. This study reveals that manufacturing organizations do discriminate among gender at the time of
distribution on even setting the wage rates of a different gender. It is recommended to all organizations whether
services or manufacturing concern that a better working environment with no discrimination consequently
increases the productivity of the employees as well as of an organization.