Women in construction: the untapped resource

Fielden, Sandra L.; Davidson, Marilyn J.; Gale, Andrew W; Davey, Caroline L.

doi:10.1080/014461900371004

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“…Women are therefore forced into adopting similar high work loads and constant availability working patterns to their male colleagues, with only engineers with long service with the employer able to have some degree of flexibility and attempts at work-life balance leading to stigmatisation. Several highly qualified women with high potential have chosen not to aim for senior management in the interests of work-life balance (Watts, 2009) and this may be a significant factor in the male domination of all levels of management (Fielden et al, 2000).…”

Section: Women and Engineeringmentioning

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Ethical Engineering and Respect for The ‘Other’

Hersh

2017

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Engineers have a very important role and responsibility in shaping modern society. Diversity amongst engineers is important in fulfilling this responsibility and ensuring that the creativity and needs of the whole population are taken account of. However, only a small percentage of engineers are female and very few of them are disabled. The paper discusses the experiences of women and disabled engineers in the context of othering and considers the way in which the existence of binary divides facilitates marginalisation and exclusion. It also discusses the need to involve end-users in design and development and education to encourage this, with a particular focus on disabled end-users.

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Section: Women and Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethical Engineering and Respect for The ‘Other’

Hersh

2017

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“…Research in the US suggested ways to recruit and retain women engineers (Yates, 2001). A critical pool of women engineers could serve as a focal point to encourage construction companies become more aware of the importance of senior women engineers acting as mentors, advisers and role models in engineering careers for women (Fielden et al, 2000;Dainty et al, 2000a, b;Yates, 2002;Ogunlana et al, 1993;Hossian andKusakabe, 2005, Dainty andLingard, 2006). Further studies by Dainty et al (2000 a, b) suggested that the work culture and structure of the construction industry should be changed to give women more opportunities for career advancement in this sector.…”

Section: Engineering As a Career For Women In The Construction Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In such a maledominant environment, women engineers are easily neglected by construction managers or organizations. It is widely acknowledged that construction is one of the industries where professional women are under-represented (Dainty et al, 2000a, b;Fielden et al, 2000, Gale, 1994. A lack of information from the perspectives of both men and women engineers and inadequate separate studies of men engineers and women engineers lead to ill-informed judgments about the latter"s managerial skills in many developing countries, Thailand being no exception.…”

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An Investigation of Women Engineers in Non-Traditional Occupations in the Thai Construction Industry

Kaewsri

Tonghong

2011

CEB

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For over a decade, the public and the private sectors have carried out research aimed at attracting women engineers to the construction industry and retaining them. However, studies of women engineers working in other types of construction-related businesses apart from contractor companies such as consultancies, developers, etc., are scarce. This paper aims to examine the experiences of women engineers in non-traditional careers and the implications for their employment turnover. A literature search of women"s careers in construction was undertaken in conjunction with semi-structured interviews with a sampling of 141 individuals. Results from three viewpoints, viz those of professional men and women engineers in contractor companies, and of women engineers in non-contractor companies, were found to differ in many respects, including their viewpoints about career advancement, career path and the difficulties involved. It was also found that women engineers in contractor companies were much more affected by problems such as sexual harassment, work-life conflicts and equal opportunity than women engineers in non-contractor companies. Turnover rates of women engineers and their reasons for leaving were examined. Women engineers, particularly those in contractor companies, had to confront more barriers in non-traditional careers than their male counterparts. Nonetheless, working in non-contractor companies provides a viable alternative for women engineers who want to have successful careers in the Thai construction industry.

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“…These demographic variables include gender (Fielden et al, 2000), age (Devaney & Roberts, 2012) and ethnic background (Lim, 2010). However, there is as yet no research which focuses on investigating variable factors, which are the factors that graduates can change during their study in order to enhance their employability.…”

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A Study of the Impacts of Variable Factors on Built Environment Graduates’ Prospects

Poon

Brownlow

2016

International Journal of Construction Education and Research

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This paper investigates the impacts of variable factors, such as practical experience and factors related to study style, on employment outcomes and patterns of built environment graduates in Australia. This paper also compares the employment prospects of different built environment sub-disciplines, including Architecture, Construction, Real Estate and Urban Planning and Regional Studies. Practical experience and the possibility of work with final year employers after graduation were found to have a statistically significant impact on the employment outcomes for graduates of built environment and all of its subdisciplines. However, degree level and type of university attended were not found to have a statistically significant impact. Attendance type and employment mode in the final year of study had a statistically significant impact on the employment patterns for graduates of built environment and all of its subdisciplines. The graduates who studied part-time and worked full-time in their final year of study were more likely to secure full-time jobs after graduation. The findings of this paper can be used by built environment graduates to identify the variable factors which they can change in order to enhance their employment prospects.

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Women in construction: the untapped resource

Cited by 174 publications

References 5 publications

Ethical Engineering and Respect for The ‘Other’

Ethical Engineering and Respect for The ‘Other’

An Investigation of Women Engineers in Non-Traditional Occupations in the Thai Construction Industry

A Study of the Impacts of Variable Factors on Built Environment Graduates’ Prospects

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