Investigating How Women Leaders and Managers Support Other Women's Entrance and Advancement in Construction and Engineering
Journal article
Baker, Marzena, Ali, Muhammad and French, Erica. (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), pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12399
Authors | Baker, Marzena, Ali, Muhammad and French, Erica |
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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. |
Keywords | Gender diversity; Construction; Engineering; Women in top management team; Women in management; Women in nonmanagement; Stewardship theory |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management |
Journal citation | 149 (2), pp. 1-16 |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
ISSN | 0733-9364 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12399 |
Web address (URL) | https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12399 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-16 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Dec 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 28 Sep 2024 |
Deposited | 20 Jun 2024 |
Additional information | © 2022 American Society of Civil Engineers. |
Place of publication | United States |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90966/investigating-how-women-leaders-and-managers-support-other-women-s-entrance-and-advancement-in-construction-and-engineering
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