Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry
It has been over a decade that the number of women entering construction related programmes in Malaysian higher education has outnumbered men. However their numbers of involvement in the industry is very much lower compared to men and has not been extensively documented. The aim of this paper is...
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| description | It has been over a decade that the number of women entering construction related programmes
in Malaysian higher education has outnumbered men. However their numbers of involvement
in the industry is very much lower compared to men and has not been extensively documented.
The aim of this paper is to establish the level of women’s participation in the construction industry
and to identify the barriers and challenges faced by women in this sector. A questionnaire
survey has been administered to 45 women working in consultancy irms in the construction
industry through simple random sampling. Majority of the respondents were in the category
of having 1-10 years of industry experience. Their decision to enter the industry has been
inluenced either by parents, themselves or friends and motivated by inancial gains and good
career opportunities. The main barrier to remain in the construction industry is the inlexible
working hours and the most challenging factors faced are mistreatment by others in the industry
and strict recruitment processes. The indings bring an important message to the consultant
organizations, to continue their support on this cohort, especially those with family obligations,
by developing lexible work schedules and looking at cases of mistreatment seriously. In
anticipation of the industry recruiting higher number of women workers in the future, it is thus
timely that the industry should formally acknowledge their existence and contribution. Adopting
lexible working arrangements would greatly facilitate in the development and enhancement of
this potentially important asset to sustain in the industry. |
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| spelling | usm-301972018-01-03T11:11:44Z http://eprints.usm.my/30197/ Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry Jaafar, Mastura Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin Mazlan, Norliza TH1-9745 Building construction It has been over a decade that the number of women entering construction related programmes in Malaysian higher education has outnumbered men. However their numbers of involvement in the industry is very much lower compared to men and has not been extensively documented. The aim of this paper is to establish the level of women’s participation in the construction industry and to identify the barriers and challenges faced by women in this sector. A questionnaire survey has been administered to 45 women working in consultancy irms in the construction industry through simple random sampling. Majority of the respondents were in the category of having 1-10 years of industry experience. Their decision to enter the industry has been inluenced either by parents, themselves or friends and motivated by inancial gains and good career opportunities. The main barrier to remain in the construction industry is the inlexible working hours and the most challenging factors faced are mistreatment by others in the industry and strict recruitment processes. The indings bring an important message to the consultant organizations, to continue their support on this cohort, especially those with family obligations, by developing lexible work schedules and looking at cases of mistreatment seriously. In anticipation of the industry recruiting higher number of women workers in the future, it is thus timely that the industry should formally acknowledge their existence and contribution. Adopting lexible working arrangements would greatly facilitate in the development and enhancement of this potentially important asset to sustain in the industry. Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) MAKMAL KERJA RAYA MALAYSIA 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/30197/1/Malaysian_Construction_Research_Journal_Vol_16_No1_2015_FINAL.pdf Jaafar, Mastura and Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin and Mazlan, Norliza (2015) Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry. Malaysian Construction Research Journal, 16 (1). ISSN 1985 - 3807 |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Jaafar, Mastura Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin Mazlan, Norliza Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title | Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title_full | Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title_fullStr | Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title_short | Women’s Consultant Participation In The Malaysian Construction Industry |
| title_sort | women’s consultant participation in the malaysian construction industry |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/30197/ http://eprints.usm.my/30197/1/Malaysian_Construction_Research_Journal_Vol_16_No1_2015_FINAL.pdf |