Baker, M; Ali, M and French, E (2023) Investigating how women leaders and managers support other women's entrance and advancement in construction and engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(2): 4022166, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Women's representation in construction and engineering continues to be low. Drawing on the stewardship theory, we investigated how women in the top management team and women in management drive the appointment and promotion of women at management and nonmanagement levels, respectively. We used a time lag research design and archival data from 495 construction and engineering organizations operating in Australia. The results of structural equation modeling suggest positive relationships between women's representation in management and both the appointments and promotions of women in nonmanagement roles. The findings also suggest some unpredicted relationships: women's representation in management is linked to the appointments of women managers, and hiring more female managers is linked to the promotion of more female managers. Together, these findings suggest that female managers act as "stewards"in their individual capacity.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction; engineering; gender diversity; stewardship theory; women in management; women in nonmanagement; women in top management team |
| Index terms: | manager, drawing, structural equation modelling, top management team, promotion, research design, Australia, women |
| Subjects: | research design and methodology, practitioner, technical documentation, management, Geography, sociology, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Organizational Design, Human Resources, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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