Evaluating the impact of gender sensitivity training on public officers' attitudes - an empirical study. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goel, Sangeeta
• Is Part Of: International journal of Indian culture and business management. Volume 14:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 198
• Page End: 213
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: human resources -- gender sensitivity training -- GST -- public officers -- public organisations -- sexism -- South Asia -- India -- empirical research -- gender diversity -- attitudes -- gender bias -- resource allocation; Management -- India -- Periodicals; Management; India; Periodicals; 658.0095405
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-0806

Abstract

As more and more organisations have come to consider the short-term training a 'quick fix' for long persisting organisational problems like gender-based bias, it will be interesting to see if the resources invested in such 'quick fix' training yields desired results. In order to determine if such results were possible, a study was conducted, using participants with N = 220 in a gender sensitivity training (GST) program. The initial survey was a pre-test, administered before training and the second survey was administered after a ten-day GST module. The two datasets (pre and post GST) were collected and compared using bivariate statistical analysis. These results demonstrate that a gender sensitisation program of short duration could be of limited help in addressing such problems being embedded in personality and takes time to change. The paper raises a topical question if the resources engaged in these programs are well spent.