Deferential Tailoring: a grounded theory of how women respond and adapt to social conditions and gender-related challenges in the New Zealand construction industry

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dc.contributor.authorHegarty T
dc.contributor.authorLord B
dc.contributor.authorWright, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorWordsworth, Russell
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-28T00:35:37Z
dc.date.available2023-07-28T00:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2022en
dc.date.updated2022-10-24T19:26:32Z
dc.description.abstractIn this article we utilize grounded theory to explore women’s experiences in the unique construction industry context that followed the 2010 Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes. Data were obtained from 36 semi-structured interviews conducted with women working in a variety of occupations in the construction industry. We identify three inter-related categories: capitalizing on opportunity, demonstrating capability and surface tolerance, which together represent a response process that we label ‘deferential tailoring’. The deferential tailoring process explains how women intentionally shape their response to industry conditions through self-regulating behaviors that enables them to successfully seize opportunities and manage gender-related challenges in the working environment. Our findings challenge existing research which suggests that women adopt submissive coping strategies to conform to androcentric norms in the construction industry. Instead, we argue that the process of deferential tailoring can empower women to build positive workplace relationships, enhance career development, and help shift perceptions of the value of their work in the industry.en
dc.identifier.citationHegarty T, Wright S, Wordsworth R, Lord B Deferential Tailoring: a grounded theory of how women respond and adapt to social conditions and gender-related challenges in the New Zealand construction industry. Construction Management and Economics. 1-15.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2137880
dc.identifier.issn0144-6193
dc.identifier.issn1466-433X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/105820
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectConstruction industryen
dc.subjectcoping strategiesen
dc.subjectgrounded theoryen
dc.subjectpost-disasteren
dc.subject.anzsrc09 Engineeringen
dc.subject.anzsrc12 Built Environment and Designen
dc.subject.anzsrc14 Economicsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3507 - Strategy, management and organisational behaviouren
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::33 - Built environment and design::3302 - Building::330202 - Building construction management and project planningen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology::441010 - Sociology of genderen
dc.titleDeferential Tailoring: a grounded theory of how women respond and adapt to social conditions and gender-related challenges in the New Zealand construction industryen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeUC Business School
uc.departmentManagement, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
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