Genderlect and conflict in the Australian construction industry

Martin Loosemore and Natalie Galea

Construction Management and Economics, 2008, vol. 26, issue 2, 125-135

Abstract: The Australian construction industry is male dominated and highly confrontational. Critical decision and concept mapping methods are employed to explore the connection between these two characteristics by contrasting the cognitive bases of judgement and communication used by male and female workers in hypothetical conflict settings. Results indicate that the Australian construction industry's genderlect is male-centric and that this perpetuates the relatively high incidence of conflict. Women and men also behave differently in conflicts and in jobs that require them to engage in conflict and confrontation. Consequently, levels of conflict in the Australian construction industry could be reduced by increased female participation and feminizing communicative and behavioural responses to conflict.

Keywords: Gender; conflict; dispute; communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/01446190701798810

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