Achieving gender equality in the construction professions: Lessons from the career decisions of women construction students in the UK

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2010 - Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 573-582

  Powell, Abigail ^a   Dainty, Andrew ^b   Bagilhole, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career; Equality; Gender; Organizational culture; Sociology

Indexed keywords

CAREER; EQUALITY; GENDER; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; SOCIOLOGY;

EDUCATION; INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84861081412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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