How women engineers do and undo gender: Consequences for gender equality

A Powell, B Bagilhole, A Dainty - Gender, work & organization, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The image of engineering as a masculine profession has reproduced the perception that
engineering is unsuitable for women. While various strategies have been used to try to …

[LLIBRE][B] Gender And The Changing Face Of Higher Education: A Feminized Future?: A Feminized Future?

C Leathwood, B Read - 2008 - books.google.com
Drawing on international and national data, theory and research, Gender and the Changing
Face of Higher Education provides an accessible but nuanced discussion of …

Everyday experiences of sexism in male-dominated professions: A Bourdieusian perspective

A Powell, KJC Sang - Sociology, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The under-representation of women in the UK engineering and construction sectors seems
resolute. Using a Bourdieusian lens, this article examines the persistence of everyday …

Why is the pipeline leaking? Experiences of young women in STEM vocational education and training and their adjustment strategies

E Makarova, B Aeschlimann, W Herzog - Empirical Research in …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The paper investigates the perceptions of young women during their vocational
education and training (VET) in traditionally male-dominated STEM fields—science …

Leaders of men: women 'managing'in construction

JH Watts - Work, employment and society, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Although women's experience of working in management has been studied extensively, the
particular challenges they face in this role within male-dominated professions merits further …

Gender stereotypes among women engineering and technology students in the UK: lessons from career choice narratives

A Powell, A Dainty, B Bagilhole - European Journal of Engineering …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In the UK, women remain under-represented in engineering and technology (E&T).
Research has, therefore, investigated barriers and solutions to women's recruitment …

Board gender diversity, quotas and critical mass theory

F Lefley, V Janeček - Corporate Communications: An International …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The corporate communications literature recently focused on corporate board
gender diversity, specifically looking at two central aspects: gender quotas and equitable …

What's wrong with the pipeline? Assumptions about gender and culture in IT work

L Soe, EK Yakura - Women's Studies, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
In scholarly and practical discourse, the under-representation of women in technology and
science is often attributed to a shortage of women “in the pipeline.” In this essay, we analyze …

Female underrepresentation in project-based organizations exposes organizational isomorphism

M Baker, E French - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the structural career barriers in project-
based construction and property development organizations in Australia, and explore how …

Women scientists and engineers in European companies: Putting motherhood under the microscope

C Herman, S Lewis, AL Humbert - Gender, Work & Organization, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike the rise in women's participation in other professional sectors, women still form a
minority of professional scientists and engineers, especially in multinational companies …