Work Culture and Status of Women’s Identity in the Indian Banking Sector

The banking sector has been at the forefront of women's empowerment and women's identity moment through pioneering efforts of women that helped them achieve socio-economic equality in Indian society. The banking sector is the lifeblood of the economic development of any country and working women, being a considerable part of the society, also played a pivotal role in the smooth run of the banking sector. The present study seeks to examine the work culture and status of women’s identity in Indian banking sectors. The study is supported by empirical findings based on the analysis of secondary data retrieved from the official website of the Reserve Bank of India. The result of the study showed that there is a low number of women employees working in the bank being it’s an officer or clerks or subordinate. Sexual harassment, lack of solidarity among employees, Target pressure is too much, and if unable to meet they are given transfer threats, Banking industries don't have childcare centers, and so on problems faced by women employees working in banks. Thus, Gender discrimination against women should be avoided by following an equality strategy and organizing workshops on gender issues, providing training to banking sector women employees which motivates them to work along and equally with men, and so on. So, it is the prime responsibility of the banking sector to provide a healthy working environment, leadership effectiveness, work climate, effective communication, work–life balance, and maintaining team spirit to its employees.