Bezbaruah, Supriti.

Banking on equality women, work and employment in the banking sector in India / [electronic resource] : Supriti Bezbaruah. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xxii, 193 p.) : ill. - Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 141 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Gender at work : theorizing gender inequality in the workplace -- 3. Women's employment in the banking sector : an overview -- 4. Encouraging equality or denying discrimination? Gendered patterns of work and employment in the banking sector in India -- 5. The importance of being respectable : the impact of local cultural norms on patterns of gender equality -- 6. Explaining gender inequalities in the Indian banking sector: the role of institutional factors -- 7. Challenging or coping? Women's responses to gender inequalities in the Indian banking sector -- 8. Conclusion.

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Banks and banking--India.
Discrimination in employment--India.
Sex discrimination--India.
Women bank employees--India.