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Systemic Gender Barriers in the Building and Construction Industry: Co-Preneurs as Managers

Systemic Gender Barriers in the Building and Construction Industry: Co-Preneurs as Managers

Megan Alessandrini, Romy Winter
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522573142|ISBN10: 1522573143|EISBN13: 9781522573159
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch044
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Alessandrini, Megan, and Romy Winter. "Systemic Gender Barriers in the Building and Construction Industry: Co-Preneurs as Managers." Architecture and Design: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1175-1192. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch044

APA

Alessandrini, M. & Winter, R. (2019). Systemic Gender Barriers in the Building and Construction Industry: Co-Preneurs as Managers. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Architecture and Design: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 1175-1192). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch044

Chicago

Alessandrini, Megan, and Romy Winter. "Systemic Gender Barriers in the Building and Construction Industry: Co-Preneurs as Managers." In Architecture and Design: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1175-1192. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch044

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Abstract

This chapter examines structural gender-based disadvantage experienced by women in the building industry. This is found in trade and technical occupations, but is much more prevalent in administrative and management roles in small and micro businesses where female family members and spouses carry out work often for little or no remuneration or recognition. Nor does this group have any protection in income support, injury or sickness cover or retirement benefits. This also contributes to inefficiency in the industry as there is minimal opportunity for professional development or skill enhancement. Using a non-positivist methodology, the authors found that this phenomenon is particularly prevalent in the building and construction and that many were unpaid and were employed in other occupations. This disadvantage contributed to status driven tensions between these women, often called co-preneurs, and those women working on site in trade and technical roles.

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