The role of homosociality in maintaining men’s powerfulness in construction companies

IF 3 Q2 BUSINESS

Construction Management and Economics Pub Date : 2022-11-29 DOI:10.1080/01446193.2022.2151025

Natalie R Galea, Abigail Powell, Fanny Salignac

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract Over the last few decades, research has largely focused on the processes and practices that act against women in male-dominated industries and the effect this has on their career progression. However, men’s careers are under analysed. This paper flips the gaze, applying a feminist institutionalist lens to examine the practices and rules that shape and enable men’s career progression. This is critical if we are to understand how men’s power in organizations is maintained and perpetuated, arguably at the expense of women’s careers. It draws on data from a rapid ethnographic study of the Australian construction industry, specifically of construction professionals working in two multinational Australian construction companies. The paper finds that men’s career progression routinely operates through homosociality, instrumentally and expressively, via a “sponsor-mobility” principle whereby selected individuals receive higher levels of guidance, access to opportunities and advocacy from their managers.

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同性恋社会在维护男性在建筑公司的权力方面的作用

在过去的几十年里，研究主要集中在男性主导的行业中对女性不利的流程和做法，以及这对女性职业发展的影响。然而，男性的职业生涯却没有得到分析。本文从女性主义制度主义的角度审视塑造和促进男性职业发展的实践和规则。如果我们要理解男性在组织中的权力是如何维持和延续的，这一点至关重要，可以说是以牺牲女性的职业生涯为代价的。它借鉴了澳大利亚建筑行业的快速人种学研究数据，特别是在两家跨国澳大利亚建筑公司工作的建筑专业人员。这篇论文发现，男性的职业发展通常是通过“赞助者-流动性”原则，通过“赞助者-流动性”原则，通过这种原则，被选中的个人从他们的经理那里得到更高水平的指导，获得更多的机会和支持。

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Construction Management and Economics BUSINESS-

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

14.70%

发文量

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