Women In the built environment:  Why don’t women want to join the sector

The construction industry is continually challenged due to the skills deficit throughout the sector. This is currently impacting numerous projects throughout the UK including the housing programme, HS2 and significant infrastructure upgrades. Women only represent 13% of the built environment and whilst this number has increased since the Equality Act was implemented in the UK in 2010, the sector still needs to encourage more women to join the sector. This paper discusses why women do not want join the industry, how women can improve the construction sector and some of the methods that can help do this such as flexible and remote working, culture changes and implementing key frameworks.

Citation

Stride, M., Renukappa, S., Suresh, S. & Sinha, R. (in press) Women In the built environment: Why don’t women want to join the sector. Paper presented t Achieving transformation for greater good: Societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers, 38th British Academy of Management Conference, the 2nd -6th September 2024, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.

Type

Conference contribution

Language

en

Description

This is an accepted manuscript of an article presented at Achieving transformation for greater good: Societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers, 38th British Academy of Management Conference, the 2nd -6th September 2024, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.

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