NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE Gender Discrimination and Work Engagement: Moderating Role of Future Time Perspective Surendra Kumar Sia 1 Bharat Chandra Sahoo 2 Pravakar Duari 3 Abstract This article examines the contribution of perceived gender discrimination to work engagement; the contribution of future time perspective (FTP) to work engage- ment and more importantly, the moderating role of FTP on the relationship between perceived gender discrimination and work engagement. Based on a social cognitive frame work, it was hypothesized that FTP is positively related to work engagement. Further, it was also expected that FTP would work as a compensatory motivational resource and weaken the negative relationship between gender dis- crimination and work engagement. These questions were examined using a sample of female employees working in textile and apparel companies in the Chennai and Puducherry regions of India (N = 234). Results indicate that FTP has a positive rela- tionship with physical, cognitive as well as emotional engagement of the respond- ents. It also moderates significantly the relationship between perceived gender discrimination and cognitive as well as emotional dimensions of work engagement. However, no significant moderating effect appears for the relationship between gender discrimination and physical engagement of these employees. Keywords Gender discrimination, work engagement, future time perspective, socio-emotional selectivity, social cognitive theory 1 Associate Professor, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India 605014. 2 Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India 605014. 3 Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India 605014. Corresponding author: Surendra Kumar Sia, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India 605014. E-mail: surendra.sia@gmail.com South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 2(1) 58–84 2015 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications sagepub.in/home.nav DOI: 10.1177/2322093715577443 http://hrm.sagepub.com Article