A grounded theory of women's career underachievement in large UK construction companies

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-250

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Bagilhole, Barbara M ^b   Neale, Richard H ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Discrimination; Grounded theory; HRM; Women

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; DISCRIMINATION; ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWS; GROUNDED THEORY; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; WOMEN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033981736     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370861     Document Type: Article

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