What Are Variables that Influence Life Satisfaction?

Abstraksi

Empowerment of minority groups within organisations is a critical managerial and social issue in the recent decades when taking into consideration the ever more diversifying workforce in the current globalising economy. The aim of this study is to generate greater understanding of how improvements in working conditions affect the lives of workers, especially women and their families. This study explores the impact of working conditions on life quality, child schooling, work trajectory, gender norms and stereotypes and social interactions workers have with their family and community members. By using a qualitative approach, we conducted several FGDs with garment workers in Indonesia and Vietnam. The result of this study shows that humane working conditions including wages, hours, occupational safety and health, power mindset, gender stereotypes and perceptions of gender norms have an impact on workers’ well-being. Power mindset, gender stereotypes and gender norms appear to affect a female employee’s interactions with other family members, advocating on her own behalf work trajectory.