JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Volume-1 Issue-2 September-2011 JCMR Page ͳͲͶ INVESTIGATION OF WOMEN WORKERS PERCEPTION ABOUT WORK PLACE-HOSIERY UNITS IN TIRUPPUR Dr.S.Saravanan Assistant professor Department of Commerce with Computer Applications Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College Coimbatore-641048 Abstract The history of women in the workplace dates back to the start of World War II. At that time, most Americans still had the conventional view that a woman’s role was in the home. It was believed that her duties and responsibilities were to make the home by taking care of her husband and children. The man’s role was traditionally thought of as being the breadwinner. His obligation was to take care of the financial stability of the home while remaining the prime authoritative figure. These roles changed during the war. United States employment records show that in the late 1930’s most women entered the workforce after completing school and remained in the workforce until they were married. On the other hand, men entered the workforce and stayed. In 1940 approximately 50 million women lived in the United States; over 12 million were in the workforce. Over 19 million were in the workforce by 1945. Most positions that women held were related to the war industry. This paper made an attempt to study about the women worker perception about work place environment in hosiery units at tiruppur. Key words: work environment, women workers, hosiery units in tiruppur.