Perceived Career Barriers for Future Female and Male Spanish Building Engineers: Case of Occupations Related to Work on Site

Infante-Perea, Margarita; Román-Onsalo, Marisa; Astor, Elena Navarro

doi:10.1061/(asce)ei.1943-5541.0000286

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“…Confirming previous pilot studies (Infante- Perea et al 2016, Infante-Perea et al 2018, it is verified that women have a greater perception of career barriers than men. Results also agree with Hawks and Spade (1998), who argue that, although female engineering students have overcome many of the gender barriers, they continue to perceive more obstacles in their future career paths than their male peers, an issue also pointed out by Scott and Martin (2014) for similar degrees.…”

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“…Quantity Surveying undergraduates also identify the work-family conflict due to inflexible working conditions and glass ceilings (Moraba and Babatunde 2020) while Construction, Economics and Management students add the lack of self-confidence (Alves and English 2018). Regarding Spanish Building Engineering students, pilot studies conclude that the gender variable is relevant in perceptions of barriers for career paths linked to on site work (Infante-Perea et al 2016) and also for nonsite jobs (Infante-Perea et al 2018).…”

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“…While obstacles confronted by women already working in the industry (experienced barriers) have been extensively studied as summarized above, perceptions of career barriers held by students of construction related degrees have not (Infante-Perea et al 2016). These anticipated barriers might be based on an idea, on what each person imagines might happen based on what others say, but not necessarily on their own experience.…”

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perceived for different career categories are determined. Significant differences in perceptions according to gender, age, working experience and relatives in the industry are identified. The results reveal that career barriers' perception differs according to gender. Female students foresee a harder work scenario than males, especially in career paths directly related to work on site. Age, combined with gender, constitutes the sociodemographic variable showing most variations, and becomes the key element of analysis. The career categories considered more accessible and those beyond reach are identified, considering the different variables chosen. This research offers a framework to reflect on the wide range of career barriers perceived by women as a group in the profession and warns of its possible impact on occupational segregation.

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“…Five underlying factors were extracted from the analysis: male oriented labour market, detrimental issues for being a woman, harsh working conditions in the construction industry, unfavourable perception of the construction industry, and high competitiveness of the construction industry. Results of Infante-Perea et al (2016) also showed that both men and women perceive job market constraints and inadequate preparation as the two main career barriers.…”

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Gender in the Construction Industry: Literature Review and Comparative Survey of Men’s and Women’s Perceptions in UK Construction Consultancies

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For more than two decades, construction industry leaders have made attempts to attract more women into professional roles to ease skills shortages and diversify the workforce. However, the number of women working in the industry has not improved significantly. This paper reviews previous literature on gender diversity in the construction industry and disseminates findings from a survey which investigated whether there are significant differences in self-perception between men and women in construction consultancies operating in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey questionnaire was completed by 60 men and 57 women. Analysis of the result confirmed that women tend to follow 'zig-zag' career development paths and that 'global self-worth' of women over the age of 40 is the lowest among all ages. However, little variation was found on initiatives to improve retention of women in construction consultancies. The results reveal that both men and women regarded 'improved flexible working-arrangements', 'transparent promotion criteria', 'return to work training', 'outreach programmes to schools' as the most crucial initiatives to retain women. This reinforces the call for organizations to introduce innovative strategic plan to change the masculine culture of the construction profession and to modernise working practice away from the existing rather outdated traditional structure.

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“…Hunt [7] identified discrimination by male peers as an important reason why women engineers exit engineering fields. Infante-Perea et al [8] revealed that while pursuing an engineering career, women often face gender-related barriers and discrimination that prevent them from actually entering the field. They also identified lack of confidence and self-esteem as obstacles for women in occupying higher level engineering positions.…”

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Women’s Representation in Federal Transportation Agencies: A Descriptive Analysis

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2020

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Gender inequality in engineering career fields has been a source of social and economic disturbances for many years. In several cases, women are underrepresented, and disparities persist despite policies that have focused on initiatives to promote gender equality in the industry, and the inadequacy of tools for measuring and analyzing the imbalance confounds the problem. This study investigates women's underrepresentation in engineering careers from 2011-2017, by aggregating data from 17,889 demographic profiles of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) workforce. The objective of the study was to perform a descriptive analysis to (1) explore women's representation in the USDOT, and (2) discover the factors that can reduce or eliminate the low representation of female engineers and if there is any wage gap that exists between the genders. This includes the impact of factors such as job location, education level, type of appointment, job position and its importance, level of experience, and supervisory role of the employee. According to the outputs, women hold fewer high-level positions than men in the USDOT, but no significant gender-related wage inequality exists. The findings can help public and private organizations design legislative initiatives to achieve greater gender equality and assist employers of engineering organizations in moving toward a more gender-diverse working environment to reduce or eliminate gender inequality and its consequent challenges.

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Perceived Career Barriers for Future Female and Male Spanish Building Engineers: Case of Occupations Related to Work on Site

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References 40 publications

Sex, Age, Work Experience, and Relatives in Building Engineering Career Development

Sex, Age, Work Experience, and Relatives in Building Engineering Career Development

Gender in the Construction Industry: Literature Review and Comparative Survey of Men’s and Women’s Perceptions in UK Construction Consultancies

Women’s Representation in Federal Transportation Agencies: A Descriptive Analysis

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