The potential for gender equality in architecture: an Anglo-Spanish comparison

Caven, Valerie; Astor, Elena Navarro

doi:10.1080/01446193.2013.766358

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“…Other countries of different levels of development have also dealt with the subject: Argentina, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand and Turkey. There have also been comparative studies between Great Britain and Spain (Caven and Navarro-Astor 2013), Great Britain and Australia (Dainty and Lingard, 2006), Thailand and Bangladesh (Hossain and Kusakabe, 2005) and several countries from the EU (Byrne et al , 2005; Michielsens et al , 2004).…”

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“…Women point out that these responsibilities oblige them to take career breaks. In fact, they feel they still need to choose between family and career (Caven and Navarro-Astor, 2013; Navarro-Astor, 2011), they fear losing their jobs or being demoted because they have children or that they will fall behind in their career development when returning to work (De Graft-Johnson et al , 2005).…”

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“…Diverse research methodologies have been applied, but those of qualitative nature have been used the most. This way, authors put forward the need to include participants’ points of view (Matthewson, 2015; Román et al , 2013, Caven and Navarro-Astor, 2013; Wright, 2013; Choudhury, 2013). In fact, many female sociologists reject quantitative techniques because they are related to a traditional and positivist scientific conception (Díaz and Dema, 2013).…”

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Women’s career development in the construction industry across 15 years: main barriers

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Román-Onsalo

Infante-Perea

2017

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Purpose Through a systematic literature review covering 15 years, this paper aims to identify and annotate the barriers that hinder the career development of women working in the construction industry. Furthermore, it describes publication trends that have contributed to the evolution of the topic. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review of credible sources in different databases has been carried out for the period from 2000 to 2015. By means of thematic analysis, a data set of 60 articles has been analysed. Findings The topic has been and still is of interest to the research community. Women who work in the construction industry in different countries confront numerous career barriers, the more frequent being the difficulty of balancing work and family, and the lack of professionalism in human resource management. Research limitations/implications Some publications related to the topic might have been inadvertently omitted. Hopefully, this paper can be valuable for informing future research directions. Practical implications The paper is useful to human resource managers to understand how their practices influence women’s career development, gender equity and organisational injustice, and how to improve them. It informs policies to reduce gender discrimination and guides researchers interested in gender diversity in the industry. Social implications A clear vision of career barriers affecting women is required to find solutions and improve the fairness and justice of business practices. Originality/value Previous studies do not offer a comprehensive and up-to-date review covering such a wide time period and so many countries. It will have implications in the identification of initiatives critical to achieving lasting change in gender equity in the construction industry.

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Women’s career development in the construction industry across 15 years: main barriers

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Román-Onsalo

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2017

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“…A future consideration when working with building and urban design should be to ensure that the distribution of males and females in design processes is more equal. The issues of equality among males and females in professional life [62], gender-focused and gender-aware planning and design [63,64] and the gender perspective on processes and products of built environment [65,66] have been raised by others from a gender perspective, but not from an environmental perspective as in this study. This study demonstrated gender differences among urban design professionals that might influence pro-environmental behavior and thus, environmental design.…”

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Gender Differences in Environmental Perspectives among Urban Design Professionals

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Urban design professionals are key actors in early design phases and have the possibility to influence urban development and direct it in a more sustainable direction. Therefore, gender differences in environmental perspectives among urban design professionals may have a marked effect on urban development and the environment. This study identified gender differences in environment-related attitudes among urban design professionals involved in the international architectural competition 'A New City Centre for Kiruna' in northern Sweden. Participants' self-rated possibility to influence environmental aspects was higher for males than for females. Conversely, the importance placed on environmental aspects had higher ratings among females, although the differences regarding the rating of personal responsibility were small. The gap between the participants' self-rated belief in their ability to influence and rated importance of environmental aspects was larger among female participants. Females placed great importance on environmental aspects even though they felt that their possibility to influence these was rather low. Conversely, male participants felt that they had the greatest possibility to influence, although some males rated the importance of environmental aspects thelowest. The gender differences identified are important from an equality and environmental perspective as they may influence pro-environmental behavior among urban design professionals and ultimately influence the environmental performance of the built environment.

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“…strategies around the doing and saying (Yancey Martin 2013) of gender in the workplace, with all the contradictions that doing and saying involves, is a useful starting point to asses gender equity." The potential for gender equality in architecture: an Anglo-Spanish comparison 23 CME 2013…”

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The Use and Misuse of 'Gender' and 'Sex' Terminologies in Civil Engineering Literature

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Javernick‐Will

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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The potential for gender equality in architecture: an Anglo-Spanish comparison

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Women’s career development in the construction industry across 15 years: main barriers

Women’s career development in the construction industry across 15 years: main barriers

Gender Differences in Environmental Perspectives among Urban Design Professionals

The Use and Misuse of 'Gender' and 'Sex' Terminologies in Civil Engineering Literature

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