When Following the Rules Is Bad for Wellbeing: The Effects of Gendered Rules in the Australian Construction Industry

Galea, N; Powell, A; Salignac, F; Chappell, L; Loosemore, M

When Following the Rules Is Bad for Wellbeing: The Effects of Gendered Rules in the Australian Construction Industry

Galea, N Powell, A Salignac, F Chappell, L Loosemore, M

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Work Employment and Society, 2021
Issue Date:: 2021-01-28

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Galea, N
dc.contributor.author	Powell, A
dc.contributor.author	Salignac, F
dc.contributor.author	Chappell, L
dc.contributor.author	Loosemore, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3189-4655
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-15T10:02:46Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-15T10:02:46Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-28
dc.identifier.citation	Work Employment and Society, 2021
dc.identifier.issn	0950-0170
dc.identifier.issn	1469-8722
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/153155
dc.description.abstract	The construction industry is known to be highly masculinised and to have work practices detrimental to employees’ wellbeing. Drawing on feminist institutional theory and a rapid ethnographic approach in two construction multinationals in Australia, we examine the relationship between the gendered nature of construction and workplace wellbeing for professional women and men employed in the industry. The findings reveal that adhering to the gendered ‘rules in use’ in the construction industry is negatively associated with wellbeing and is usually endured in silence. We also identify the ways in which the gendered rules have different effects on the wellbeing of men and women. We conclude that the construction industry is characterised by a set of ‘greedy’ gendered institutions that are inextricably linked to workplace wellbeing for both men and women and that these rules must be broken to improve worker wellbeing.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100402
dc.relation.ispartof	Work Employment and Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0950017020978914
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics, 1503 Business and Management, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations
dc.title	When Following the Rules Is Bad for Wellbeing: The Effects of Gendered Rules in the Australian Construction Industry
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-01-15T10:02:43Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

Abstract:

The construction industry is known to be highly masculinised and to have work practices detrimental to employees’ wellbeing. Drawing on feminist institutional theory and a rapid ethnographic approach in two construction multinationals in Australia, we examine the relationship between the gendered nature of construction and workplace wellbeing for professional women and men employed in the industry. The findings reveal that adhering to the gendered ‘rules in use’ in the construction industry is negatively associated with wellbeing and is usually endured in silence. We also identify the ways in which the gendered rules have different effects on the wellbeing of men and women. We conclude that the construction industry is characterised by a set of ‘greedy’ gendered institutions that are inextricably linked to workplace wellbeing for both men and women and that these rules must be broken to improve worker wellbeing.

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