Equivalence in Terms and Concepts and Questionnaire Design

In the UK, a bachelor’s degree in technology or engineering is not essential for a technical job in the ICT sector, whereas in India it is. Therefore, we approached candidates who had a bachelor’s degree either in technology or engineering in the both countries for equivalence. In terms of recruitment to ICT professions, both in India and UK, graduates primarily depend on campus recruitments. A range of companies are avail­able depending on the name and prestige of the educational institution as well as geographical location. Generally speaking, due to globaliza­tion, there isn’t any major noticeable difference of the nature of companies visiting the campus for recruiting undergraduates. The only notice­able measure when undertaking comparative studies would be to select a base line for starting salaries for the two countries. The base line for the starting salary in each country was selected after an initial literature review and liaising with university recruitment officers for ICT and fresh graduates in the two countries. The local cur­rency was used in the questionnaire designed for employees. In terms of linguistic ambiguity and organisational policies relating to women’s progression in the two countries, there wasn’t much discrepancy. The terms and concepts used in the UK and India relating to work-life balance, flexible working, flexi-time, equal opportunities policies, are similar and therefore this was also reflected in the questionnaires.