Women's career development in the construction industry across 15 years: Main barriers

Navarro-Astor, E; Román-Onsalo, M and Infante-Perea, M (2017) Women's career development in the construction industry across 15 years: Main barriers. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 15(2), pp. 199-221.

Abstract

This paper reveals that 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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: gender; women; career development; construction industry; career barriers
Index terms: career, professionalism, human resource management, women, construction industry
Subjects: professional development, management, industry analysis, sociology
Topics: Human Resources, Information Management, Research Practice
Descriptive scope: 3 PCT

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