The Influence of Gender Based Violence on Employees’ Performance at Workplace in Tanzania. Case Study of Goodwill (Tanzania) Ceramic Co. Ltd.

Mulima, Jovitha Matungwa (2023) The Influence of Gender Based Violence on Employees’ Performance at Workplace in Tanzania. Case Study of Goodwill (Tanzania) Ceramic Co. Ltd. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

PDF - Submitted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (1MB)

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of gender-based violence on employees’ performance at workplace in Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to examine: the effect of physical violence on employees’ performance; the effect of emotional (psychological) violence on employees’ performance and the effect of institutional (organizational) violence on employees’ performance. The study employed a descriptive research design by involving 81 employees from Goodwill Ceramic Limited who were sampled using a simple random sampling technique. Thereafter, inferential statistics were used to test the relationship between the independent variables (Physical, emotional and institutional violence) and employees’ performance. The findings of the study indicated that the majority of the respondents strongly agreed that they were intimidated and physically assaulted at the workplace. In addition, findings revealed that respondents strongly agreed that they were sometimes beaten at the workplace. This caused many of the respondents to be worried about physical violence at the workplace. The findings also showed that the majority of the respondents indicate that physical violence affects employee’s performance at their workplace. Nevertheless, the findings direct that many of the respondents strongly disagree on effectiveness of the procedures in reporting physical violence actions at a workplace which leads to some employees who are victimized by physical violence failing to report these events to their employers, the police, and other recognized authorities. Based on the research findings it is concluded that, some of the employees were beaten at a workplace which caused many of them to be worried about physical violence at the workplace. Moreover, the findings concluded that many of the employees were disrespected by authority at the workplace. Therefore, the study recommends that companies should a make system which is more effective and efficient in highly dynamic environments in addressing of all form of physical violence at the workplace. Key words: Gender Based Violence, Physical Violence, Emotional Violence, Institutional Violence

Actions (login required)

View Item