Factors Affecting Pakistani Women Doctors’ Decisions of Career Pursuance: A Study of Women doctors in Sialkot

Abstract

Pakistan is a country where women from all fields face cultural and stereotypical barriers and
workplace barriers in career continuation. The affecting factors for women doctors in career
pursuance are complex and partly interface family background, career selection decision, and
career pursuance problems. Many factors influence career pursuance decisions including
personal reasons, managing household and professional responsibilities, cultural and
stereotypical barriers and workplace barriers. The study is done in Pakistan, where the
unforgivable dogmas make it harder for women to achieve success in their professional lives.
The study provides solution to the problems that are explained in detail. This study is
quantitative. A stratified technique using quantitative methodology was adopted. In our study,
the sample size is based on 150 women doctors aged 25 t0 50 years. SPSS 25 version is used to
analyze the data. Descriptive statistics and frequency distribution is used to analyze the data. The
results of simple linear regression were significant and P value is less than .05 at 95% confidence
interval. The research tracks down the core of the problem and comes up with a practical
solution. The measures to end men’s overwhelming dominance in job are awareness,
liberalization of society, freedom and education and implementing laws against harassment. The
socio-economic aid and cultural freedom will empower women to get an education without
hurdles and obstacles. Cultural freedom doesn't mean that women auction her respect and honor.
Still, it means that the traditional norms, which resist someone from studying higher, should be
reformed as friendly policies for women in education.