A qualitative research design served to explore the effects of human resource policies in the workplace with narratives developed from a group of 15 women comprising African immigrants and their U.S counterparts in Oregon through analysis and interpretation of data from one-on-one interviews. The findings suggest that human resource policies in the workplace greatly impact women's work experiences. This study explored major factors such as pay difference, language and communication proficiency, cultural/religious differences, skill transferability and employment skill prejudice and discrimination and working conditions. Despite women's qualifications, competence and belief that equal skill mean equal opportunity, the strictures of human resource work policies makes it harder to excel in the workplace. Work experience and policies in Africa and America differ, and life circumstances of African women are distinctively different from those of their U.S counterparts. The analysis concludes with recommendations and implication for employers, managers, and human resource personnel.

Detta arbete undersöker kvinnors upplevelser av att arbeta på en genuskodad arbetsplats. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finns skillnader i hur kvinnor upplever arbetet ombord på fartyg gentemot en genuskodad landbaserad verksamhet. För att besvara syftet genomfördes en kvalitativ undersökning med kvinnor som arbetar på mansdominerade arbetsplatser. Totalt sex intervjuer genomfördes tre med kvinnor som arbetar ombord på fartyg och tre med kvinnor anställda i genuskodade organisationer på land. Resultaten visar att alla respondenter upplevde att det på något sätt påverkar dem att arbeta på en genuskodad arbetsplats. Då respondenternas upplevelser jämfördes med bakgrund av om de arbetade på en landbasserad verksamhet eller ombord på ett fartyg visar resultatet på stora likheter och minimala skillnader. / This research is about womens' experiences of working on a male dominated/gender bias workplace. The object is is to answer how women experience working onboard a ship and if there are any diffrences to a male dominated/gender bias shore based activity. The method used is a qualitative research containing interviews with women in such workplaces. A total of six interviews were carried out with three respondents onboard ships and three respondents ashore. The result shows that it in some way affects that they work on a male dominated/gender bias workplace and there are mostly similarities and minor differences based on if the respondent is working onboard a ship or in shore.