Occupational Status and Lifestyle of Working Women in Nepal

Bc. Namrata Shrestha, BBA

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The main purpose of the research was to understand the occupational status of educated working women of Nepal. Other than this, the broad objective of the study was to find out their attitudes and behaviour towards their lifestyles brought in by their occupation and additional workload. The whole research has been divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part of this study examines the changing lifestyle of working women with increasing participation of women in the workplace. In order to examine this study a number of articles, books, journals, reports and other materials are collected from various sources so that it helps to build a conceptual clarity and in depth understanding of the subject matter. Similarly, after the review, theoretical framework has been developed that helped to design the study of occupational status and lifestyle of working women in Nepal. In order to develop the theoretical framework independent and dependent variables has been determined to carry out the research study. Occupational status has been measured by various independent variables which include work position, work hours, pay level, job tenure and job stressors of working women. Similarly, the dependent variables include the lifestyle of working women in Nepal. On the practical part a survey was conducted through questionnaire method. The research is based on the data collected from 104 respondents from the various working sectors of Nepal. The collected data were presented, analyzed, and interpreted by using various statistical tools. From the analysis, we can infer that there is relationship between occupational status and lifestyle of working women. Since the relationship between work position, work hours, pay level and job stressors with lifestyle of working women is found to be positive, we can say that occupational status has a relationship with lifestyle of working women in Nepal. Based on the findings of the research working women are recommended to apply for the posts even when they feel that rival applicant are men and better qualified. This will help to boost up their confidence level. They should learn new skills and competencies across different functions in their organizations which can lead to their personal development.

Keywords

Women, Nepal, Occupation, Lifestyle, Status, Attitudes, Behaviour, Personal development, Empowerment, Hypothesis testing, Statistical analysis

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 3. 2018

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration