- Title
- An exploratory study of the problems faced by women graduates mentees in the construction sector : a literature review
- Creator
- Nkomo, Morena William, Thwala, Wellington Didibhuku
- Subject
- Construction industry, Construction workers, Mentoring in business
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Conference proceedings
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/71793
- Identifier
- uj:18197
- Identifier
- Citation: Nkomo, M.W. & Thwala, W.D. 2015. An exploratory study of the problems faced by women graduates mentees in the construction sector : a literature review.
- Description
- Abstract: Women have a limited advancement in the construction industry due to lack of structured mentorship programme. Mentorship has been used as a tool to advance women in their careers. Previous research has shown that the successful mentorship of women was insufficient. In South Africa the construction industry is currently economically active and has a shortage of qualified and skilled professionals. This paper assesses problems to female graduates’ mentoring in the South African construction industry, recommends measures to promote their mentoring, retention and participation in infrastructure development and examine perceived career barriers of women in entry level and mid-level positions who were formally and informally mentored. The study was mainly a literature review, qualitative with a special focus on women mentoring problems of employees within organizations. The results indicated only one significant finding, informally mentored protégés rated lack of mentoring as more of a barrier to advancement than who reported being formally mentored. The study contributes to social change by providing empirical support for the importance of formal mentoring in empowering women for future career advancement and a guide for policy changes for government and strategies for industry, education and society to solve the problems women graduates experience in South Africa.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2015, authors
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