THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AT WORKPLACE

Abstract

This paper highlights the psychological aspects of women empowerment. In India various empowerment programs were carried out but the expected outcomes were seen because the psychological aspects was either missing or not much importance was given to it. The specific objective of this paper is to discover the importance of psychological dimension of empowerment with special reference to working women of India. The paper also discusses about the various psychological bottlenecks of women psychological empowerment. In this paper, attempt is being made to throw a light on psychological well-being, role clarity, self esteem, and happiness, which is crucial to psychological empowerment of working women. The paper thus concludes with some suggestions so that proper attention must be paid to the psychological aspect which plays a very critical role in empowering the working women. This paper broadens the conceptual understanding of psychological empowerment.