Latent Profiles of Gender Discrimination in Workplace Human Resource Management: Evidence from Korea's Work-Life Balance Survey

Key Points

• This research aims to classify perceptions of gender discrimination in the workplace using data from Korea's Work-Life Balance Survey and to analyze predictors and organizational impacts.
• Analyzed data from 5,000 workplace surveys under Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor
• Employed latent profile analysis to categorize discrimination perceptions across seven domains
• Utilized multinomial logistic regression to identify key predictors of profile classifications
• Identified six latent profiles of gender discrimination including groups with high, medium, and low discrimination perceptions
• Higher ratios of female workers and managers significantly predicted classification into lower discrimination profiles
• Lower discrimination perception groups anticipated higher workplace satisfaction; productivity varied by group