Digital Workplace Implementation To Promote Gender Equality

Abstract

The focus of this research is to provide an explanation of how the digital workplace can help to promote gender equality in the organization. We conduct interviews with 4 managers and 8 selected woman on different organization regarding expected condition at the workplace. In the Organization perspective, Interviews revealed Regulation and Financial problem is the most important things before implementing digital workplace while for the employees adequate training is needed. This paper provides an explanation of why it is important, challenge and barrier and strategy that organization could adopt to implement digital workplace to promote gender equality. Future research would also be proposed.

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