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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Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) MAKMAL KERJA RAYA MALAYSIA
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/30197/1/Malaysian_Construction_Research_Journal_Vol_16_No1_2015_FINAL.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/30197/ |
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| Summary: | 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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