PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING ISSUES FACED BY WOMEN EXECUTIVES IN CHANDIGARH: AN ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v11.i7.2023.5253Keywords:
Psychological Well-Being, Glass Ceiling, Women ExecutivesAbstract [English]
Psychological well-being constitutes optimistic thought and behavior for self and for others. Psychological well-being depends upon various social, biological, economic, environmental indicators. Psychological well-being of an individual is equally important as it is directly consisted of cognitive and emotional wellbeing. Because of psychological well-being people recognize their capabilities to overcome anxieties and work efficiently. An individual will be considered as mentally fit if he or she associates with people appropriately and solves the problems of life fruitfully. Psychological well-being plays an essential and significant role in all phases of life of a person. In contemporary Indian society women’s health is an important issue and a crucial gender concern. In the 21st century, women are not restricted to their domestic arena however they are performing key role at home as well as at their place of work. At present, a greater percentage of women are working outside. The present study is done to study psychological well-being issues of women executives in Chandigarh. The major objectives of the present study are to find out various psychological well-being related issues suffered by women executives and to explore various reasons for psychological health and well-being sufferings experienced by women executives. Major results of the study highlighted that majority of the respondents were suffering from psychological wellbeing related problems such as mood swings, anger, worry, anxiety and depression due to various reasons such as discrimination and biasness, unequal access to opportunities, glass-ceiling, role conflict that leads to constant stress and depression resulting in reduced work efficiency that directly leads to bad effect on the psychological health conditions of women executives and showing symptoms of mental health illnesses. Consequently, psychological stress has become an ineluctable fact among employed women.
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