Analysing Gender Issues in the Australian Construction Industry through the Lens of Empowerment

Gender equality at work in male-dominated industries is conditioned by intrinsic systemic issues which established policies have, to a significant extent, failed to address, as women’s participation remains under-represented. This study argues for the reappraisal of the issue through a different len...

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Autores principales:	Cynthia Changxin Wang, Eveline Mussi, Riza Yosia Sunindijo
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	construction industry women gender equality empowerment Building construction TH1-9745
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa189794a0b94c35aac400d66b9677262021-11-25T17:00:26ZAnalysing Gender Issues in the Australian Construction Industry through the Lens of Empowerment10.3390/buildings111105532075-5309https://doaj.org/article/fa189794a0b94c35aac400d66b9677262021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/11/553https://doaj.org/toc/2075-5309Gender equality at work in male-dominated industries is conditioned by intrinsic systemic issues which established policies have, to a significant extent, failed to address, as women’s participation remains under-represented. This study argues for the reappraisal of the issue through a different lens and carries out a systematic and thematic review of the literature on women in construction in Australia through a women’s empowerment framework. Despite its usual application in gender inequality at work in development studies, the concept of empowerment lacks attention in the context of developed countries, particularly regarding the construction industry. Empowerment has been proved a useful overarching framework to analyse personal, relational, and environmental factors affecting women’s ability to be or do. In the examined studies, there is significant focus on external barriers to women in construction, such ‘organisational practices’ (environmental), ‘support’ and ‘others’ attitudes and behaviour’ (relational). There is, however, limited attention to more active stances of power, such as one’s attitude (personal), control and capacity, in shifting power dynamics. The paper draws seven major findings, covering personal, relational and environmental dimensions, supported and supplemented by some international studies, and suggests the way forward for empowering women in construction.Cynthia Changxin WangEveline MussiRiza Yosia SunindijoMDPI AGarticleconstruction industrywomengender equalityempowermentBuilding constructionTH1-9745ENBuildings, Vol 11, Iss 553, p 553 (2021)
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description	Gender equality at work in male-dominated industries is conditioned by intrinsic systemic issues which established policies have, to a significant extent, failed to address, as women’s participation remains under-represented. This study argues for the reappraisal of the issue through a different lens and carries out a systematic and thematic review of the literature on women in construction in Australia through a women’s empowerment framework. Despite its usual application in gender inequality at work in development studies, the concept of empowerment lacks attention in the context of developed countries, particularly regarding the construction industry. Empowerment has been proved a useful overarching framework to analyse personal, relational, and environmental factors affecting women’s ability to be or do. In the examined studies, there is significant focus on external barriers to women in construction, such ‘organisational practices’ (environmental), ‘support’ and ‘others’ attitudes and behaviour’ (relational). There is, however, limited attention to more active stances of power, such as one’s attitude (personal), control and capacity, in shifting power dynamics. The paper draws seven major findings, covering personal, relational and environmental dimensions, supported and supplemented by some international studies, and suggests the way forward for empowering women in construction.
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title	Analysing Gender Issues in the Australian Construction Industry through the Lens of Empowerment
title_short	Analysing Gender Issues in the Australian Construction Industry through the Lens of Empowerment
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Analysing Gender Issues in the Australian Construction Industry through the Lens of Empowerment

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