The Influence of Menstrual Symptoms on Women’s Work Productivity

Abstract

The contribution of women in the manpower has been gradually rising over the upcoming decades, and now they increased approximately half of the employed people. The menstruation problem gradually affects the working lives of females in the recent years. The chief goal of the present research is to evaluate the incidence and severity of menstrual signs among women in the workplace, focusing on the impact during working days. Additionally, it determines the presenteeism and absenteeism of working women during menstruation periods. It also examines the challenges faced by women in the workplaces. Also, it implements a quantitative technique utilizing the software package SPSS version 23. Subsequently, a well-defined questionnaire survey is utilised to acquire the data from the working women. Purposive sampling stratagem is adopted for scrutiny of research. The objective of the technique is to gather data relating to the perception of women regarding their issues of menstrual symptoms in the work places. ANOVA, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis are accomplished in research. Moreover, the implication of the study proves that the menstrual symptoms have noteworthy impact on the presenteeism and absenteeism of working women. The study recommends the management to provide support for the working women in the menstruation periods to achieve the productivity in the firms.