Gender Performativity of Women in the Construction Industry Article 2022

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Gender performativity of women in the construction industry
Article 1.
Fernando, N. G., Amaratunga, D. & Haigh, R., 2014. The career advancement of the
professional women in the UK construction industry. Journal of Engineering, Design and
Technology, 12(1), pp. 53-70.
This paper explores and investigates the career success of women in the UK
construction sector. The research methodology undertaken includes a literature review and
analysis long with data collection and representation of mixed method data in sequential
form. Various case studies have been utilized by the authors concerning professional women
in the UK construction industry. The qualitative and quantitative analysis made reveals that
soft skills remain an important factor to succeed in career whereas hard skills are required to
gain professionalism in the UK construction industry. Therefore, it is significant that women
adopt both soft and hard skills to make advancements in their professional careers.
Furthermore, age, gender, and other factors indicate lesser important terms which women in
the construction industry consider, showing their ability to take the opportunity, deal with
people, adaptability, confidence, dedication, support, leadership skills, intelligence among
various other factors. However, to cope with a difficult situation, the author suggests that
women must acknowledge taking training and development classes provided by their
organizations to retain themselves in the construction industry as well as recognize new
career-related opportunities in it. Subsequently, the construction companies can retain
professional women within their organization through training and development which will
not only enhance productivity, health, and well-being of women but also build a sense of
belongingness in them.

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Article 2.
Ness, K., 2012. Constructing Masculinity in the Building Trades: ‘Most Jobs in the
Construction Industry Can Be Done by Women’. Gender, Work and Organization, 19(6), pp.
654-676.
This article is grounded upon sources collected from three key areas including a
report on respect for people, women and craftsmen interviews and organizational structure
followed by construction companies. The critical discourse analysis made by the author
reveals the significance of discourse seen in the structuring of businesses which explains why
women are excluded from trade buildings. The construction sector remains the focal point in
the article as most of the gender-based discrimination in the UK economy is found in the
construction industry. Men hold the maximum share which is 99% whenever trade building is
considered. The article also makes a small excerpt obtained from an industry report, explains
and interprets it by utilizing critical discourse analysis framework. The analysis made shows
that most of the jobs can be performed by women in the construction industry and therefore
places a historic, structural and institutional context which signifies the dependence of
women's abilities and ideologies in the construction field. Though males in the construction
industry identify themselves as hard for accomplishing ‘tough jobs' like construction, taking
the side of safety and long working hours can suit most of the employers well, irrespective of
gender biases. The article findings suggest that women can perform well in every field,
however, the construction industry seems to be most challenging due to dominant ideologies
and therefore, it requires a transformative movement to change things constructively.