The Effect of Women Empowerment on Organizational Performance: Empirical Evidence from the Banking
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2023-03-13
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Abstract
The study mainly focuses on examining and evaluating the effect women empowerment on
organizational performance within selected banks in Ethiopia. In doing so, the study
evaluated women’s participation in decision making, sharing information, training and
development and reward and recognition criteria. The research thoroughly examines
whether women employee’s empowerment and organizational performance has a positive
correlation. Based on this, the performance of an organization would be a dependent
variable and others measures such as women’s participation in decision making, sharing
information, training and development and reward and recognition are an independent
variable. The study employs both an explanatory and descriptive research design, also used a
quantitative approach to present research findings. The research is conducted on a targeted
population of women employees within selected banks in Ethiopia. The motive in selecting the
organizations specific to this study is based on their ownership types, their market profit for
fiscal year 2020/2021, and the date of the bank’s establishment. The researcher employs
purposive sampling and proportional stratified sampling technique in selecting samples from
the given population. Primary data relevant for the study were collected through structured
questionnaires, by hard-copies and Google forms, by distributing to sample size that
represents the population. The questioners were distributed to three different banks, and the
researcher enhanced the sample size by 10% in order to improve the response rate and
decrease invalid data. Out of 134 samples, the researcher gathered 129 (96.26%) of the data.
The data collected were analyzed by using statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS),
version 26 and the findings were interpreted based on the listed hypothesis, regression
model, descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the independent
variables have a positive and significant effect on the performance of the banks. As a result,
the selected banks are advised to place a high priority on women's empowerment in relation
to their organizational performance