Female employee in workplace and gender discrimination: An amplication in hospitality sector

It has been shown in literature that along their career path female employees dowork harder than their male colleagues. In addition to their workload they are expectedto perform their duty as a housewife. In the workplace they also face various forms ofsexual discrimination. Female employees? approach to issues related to sexualdiscrimination resembles to the male employees? one if they want to go up in theircareer. In this thesis the relation between the gender of the department managers athotels working in tourism sector and their approach to sexual discrimination isanalyzed. The analysis is based on surveys conducted in 5 star hotels operating inIstanbul. The study shows that while both male and female managers deny any kind ofdiscrimination in their workplace, they develop discriminatory appraoches based ongender towards people working for them in lower positions. In hiring and firingdecisions whether the employee is pregnant, married, or single seems to be an importantfactor for both male and female managers. To sum up this study finds that while maleand female managers are similar in their approach to discrimination, male managersfind female employees less capable. Based on this study it can be concluded that to endsexual discrimination, managers should be educated on this subject, should be madeaware of such practices and should work against discrimination.