Survey reveals that only 39% women are fully engaged at work, as compared to 50% men

Even though the numbers of female workforce has increased in the country, a survey reveals that female workers in the Indian workforce are significantly more disengaged than their male counterparts. As per the survey, just 39% of women were fully engaged while for men, the number is 50%.

The results were published by an Employee Engagement Whitepaper released by Dale Carnegie Training India.

"Several HR functions even have gender diversity targets. But the real challenge continues to be high dropout rates and every level of the hierarchy and eventually the glass ceiling," Dale Carnegie Training India Chairperson and MD Pallavi Jha said.

The report also highlighted that whatever expectations Indian women have from their workplaces, there company doesn't fulfil them, especially when it comes to their male peers. In some cases, these unmet expectations also lead to disillusionment and the organisation reaches low productivity and lower retention.

"In order to understand how to retain women and grow them it is imperative that organisations look at engagement more holistically," Jha added.

While the results are shocking, there are also various companies that undertake measures so that there is gender diversity in their staff and that their women workforce is fully engaged.