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Barriers to the Professional Development of Qualified Women in the Peruvian Construction Industry

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dc.contributor.author Barreto, Urpi es_ES
dc.contributor.author Pellicer Armiñana, Eugenio es_ES
dc.contributor.author Carrión, Andrés es_ES
dc.contributor.author Torres-Machí, Cristina es_ES
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-17T07:18:36Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-17T07:18:36Z
dc.date.issued 2017 es_ES
dc.identifier.issn 1052-3928 es_ES
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/107373
dc.description.abstract [EN] The construction industry frequently offers an unwelcoming environment for women, and those who do manage to enter have high rates of turnover and abandonment. Within this scenario, this research aims to identify the barriers faced by qualified women, to analyze the different views that qualified men and women have regarding these barriers, and to find the underlying factors that group these barriers and their degrees of importance. In the context of this research, qualified men and women are those who hold a university degree (in construction-related areas). Initially, 20 barriers were identified analyzing previous contributions. These barriers composed the statements of the questionnaire survey; data were obtained from 429 professionals in the Peruvian construction industry. It was found that women face invisible barriers throughout their careers and have fewer professional opportunities than men. The main perceptual dissimilarities between men and women indicate that men interpret womanhood as a form of positive discrimination, which, far from being a professional barrier, is considered an advantage by them. Likewise, women agree that if they take maternity leave, they will suffer a loss in the hierarchical order; furthermore, the industry does not have flexible work schedules, childcare programs, or provisions for career breaks. Five underlying factors were extracted from the analysis: male oriented labor market, detrimental issues for being a woman, harsh working conditions in the construction industry, unfavorable perception of the construction industry, and high competitiveness of the construction industry. es_ES
dc.language Inglés es_ES
dc.publisher American Society of Civil Engineers es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice es_ES
dc.rights Reserva de todos los derechos es_ES
dc.subject Women es_ES
dc.subject Barriers es_ES
dc.subject Construction Industry es_ES
dc.subject Qualified Professionals es_ES
dc.subject Peru es_ES
dc.subject.classification ESTADISTICA E INVESTIGACION OPERATIVA es_ES
dc.subject.classification PROYECTOS DE INGENIERIA es_ES
dc.subject.classification INGENIERIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION es_ES
dc.title Barriers to the Professional Development of Qualified Women in the Peruvian Construction Industry es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000331 es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Aplicadas y Calidad - Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa Aplicades i Qualitat es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería de la Construcción y de Proyectos de Ingeniería Civil - Departament d'Enginyeria de la Construcció i de Projectes d'Enginyeria Civil es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation Barreto, U.; Pellicer, E.; Carrión, A.; Torres-Machí, C. (2017). Barriers to the Professional Development of Qualified Women in the Peruvian Construction Industry. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 143(4):05017002-1-05017002-10. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000331 es_ES
dc.description.accrualMethod S es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000331 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpinicio 05017002-1 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpfin 05017002-10 es_ES
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion es_ES
dc.description.volume 143 es_ES
dc.description.issue 4 es_ES
dc.relation.pasarela S\336298 es_ES


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