• Dr. Jaspreet Dahiya
• Nisha Pawaria

In this study, the attitude of both male and female employees working in textile industries of Panipat district in Haryana is evaluated. Panipat district is selected for sample area as Panipat is a leading name in home textiles nationally & globally for bed linens, carpets, kitchen linens, bathmats, cushions and other textile articles. Due to various textile industries, Panipat has become famous for employment opportunities for every section of our country. In these textile industries, a huge portion of our population is earning its bread in such a cut throat competition just because of these textile industries. Both male and female employees have been working in these industries according to their eligibilities. In this study, the attitude of both male and female employees working in textile industries of Panipat is evaluated. Stereotypical thinking of male employees is explained in the context of various industries. Top 20 textile industries have been selected for proceeding the study. Sample size is taken as 600. From each textile industry, 30 employees including both males and females have been selected for collecting data. Attitude is taken as a dependent variable. Gender, age and marital status are taken as independent variables. In this study, it has been explained that how attitude of an employee changes with the change of their gender and age as well. Employees who had had satisfying previous interactions with female managers were likely to express positive attitude toward them than those who had had regrettable experiences. Female employees and younger employees expressed more favourable attitudes toward female managers than male and older employees.

Attitudes, female manager, glass ceiling effect, stereotypical thinking.

"A Study of the Attitude of Employees Towards Female Managers in Textile Industry of Panipat District in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.833-845, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008108.pdf

"A Study of the Attitude of Employees Towards Female Managers in Textile Industry of Panipat District in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp833-845, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008108.pdf