Back to Industry—Evaluating Women’s Return to Chartered Accreditation Post-Maternity in the Built Environment Sector Professions

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Sinead Clarkson, Lucy Hind
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Efforts have been made to improve gender diversity in the built environment professions. This sector continues to experience growth restrictions due to skill shortages. Some progress has been made at the entry level; however, the retention of women in professional roles within this sector continues to present a challenge. Support for women during maternity, upon return to work and while working with family has been identified as a barrier to women’s progression in this sector. Professional bodies are uniquely placed to support their female members. Therefore, this study had two aims: to examine current professional body support for members during and after maternity leave and to examine the experiences of female professionals, who have taken maternity leave whilst holding membership in a built environment professional body. This study adopted an embedded, mixed-method design, using a secondary, qualitative data set to augment the primary, quantitative data set, within one phase. Surveys were distributed directly to professional bodies and to professionals via social media (LinkedIn). The survey of the professional bodies identified a varied approach to maternity support. The professional member survey identified a lack of awareness of available support, and generally the need for more support during maternity and on return to work. In summary, professional bodies in the built environment could improve maternity support for members by improving communication and achieving parity in support across the various disciplines.
返回行业--评估建筑环境行业专业中女性在产后重返特许认证的情况
为改善建筑环境专业中的性别多样性做出了努力。由于技能短缺,该行业的增长继续受到限制。在入门一级取得了一些进展;但是,如何留住妇女在该部门的专业岗位上工作仍然是一个挑战。为妇女提供产假期间、重返工作岗位和与家人团聚期间的支持被认为是妇女在这一行业发展的障碍。专业机构在为其女性成员提供支持方面具有得天独厚的优势。因此,本研究有两个目的:研究当前专业机构在会员休产假期间和产假结束后为其提供的支持,以及研究女性专业人员在休产假期间在建筑环境专业机构担任会员的经历。本研究采用了嵌入式混合方法设计,在一个阶段内使用第二定性数据集来扩充第一定量数据集。调查问卷直接发放给专业机构,并通过社交媒体(LinkedIn)发放给专业人士。对专业机构的调查发现,孕产妇支持的方法多种多样。对专业会员的调查发现,他们对现有的支持缺乏了解,普遍认为在孕产期和重返工作岗位时需要更多的支持。总之,建筑环境领域的专业机构可以通过加强沟通和实现各学科间的平等支持来改善对会员的孕产支持。
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