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Women discouraged from rising to the top jobs in the construction industry(07/09/2009)
According to new research, macho, long-hours management culture and sexual harassment on building sites are discouraging women from rising to the top jobs in the construction industry. Dr Jacqueline Watts interviewed 26 women in the UK who were or had once been in construction management, and all said they were unhappy with either the struggle to balance their family and work lives or the sexist attitudes they experienced on site. In a pape... [more]
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