Women in Information Technology: How Organizationally Committed They Are

Abstract

The study’s aim is to look into the factors that influence organizational commitment among working women in the information technology (IT) industry, as well as how these factors can be used to determine organizational commitment among women in the IT industry. Working women from seven IT companies in Kolkata were interviewed qualitatively for this report, which included 35 participants. For maximum substantiation of the result, data triangulation was established which was followed by testing Cohen’s kappa to justify the pattern of synchronism between author and coder. Six constructs were identified in this study that are expected to affect working women’s organizational commitment in the IT sector. The constructs were motivation toward work, role of emotional intelligence, importance of incen tives, impact on psychological well-being and loneliness, organizational culture, and family duties and responsibilities. More than 85% of the respondents complied to the constructs incorporated in the study which influence organizational commitment of working women in IT industry