This study examined three research areas: factors that impact a
woman’s satisfaction with her job, factors that impact a woman’s
satisfaction with her employer, and non-work-related factors that
affect employee satisfaction among women in the construction
industry. Employees who were dissatisfied with their employers
reported the attitudes of the owner or managers (such as condescension,
poor or lack of communication, and a “good ol’ boy” atmosphere),
fairness and equality (such as in pay, responsibility, and
authority), and not feeling respected or valued as an employee as
having the most profound negative impact on their job satisfaction
and desire to remain with the employer. The five most commonly
reported areas of dissatisfaction in the closed-ended questions
(Fig. 2) were as follows: limited or no opportunities for advancement/
promotion, distance from home to work (drive time cutting
into time with family)