Abstract:
This research explored the issues that transgender employees faced at workplace, the negative
consequences of unavailability of organizational support and opinion about current voice raising
mechanism present for transgender employees in the organizations. Moreover, it also explored
that why the voice of transgender employees remains unheard and why they faced social
rejection and disrespect. This thesis aimed to target the transgender employees working in
different cities of Pakistan and in different industries irrespective of their age and profession.
Due to being vulnerable in society, 15 in-depth, face to face interviews were conducted to
explore the workplace experience, career history and issues related with diversity and inclusion.
According to existing literature, very less amount of work was done on the workplace challenges
of transgender employees especially in non-western countries. The finding of this qualitative
exploratory study filled the existing gap in the literature. Moreover, it helped the HRM policy
makers to revise their existing policies that can cater transgender employees at workplace. This
study opened new avenues related to transgender employees that can be explored in future.
