The recruitment, retention and development of early career women have always been a challenge in the construction industry. With the focus on early career women or new female construction management degree graduate hires in construction, this study explores: (i) factors influencing their choice of career in construction; (ii) the extent of which their career expectations were met in their first few years of job experience; and (iii) how their met or unmet career expectations are related their overall job satisfaction. Data was collected using an online survey questionnaire. The results show that the top significant factors influencing the respondents’ career choice are career opportunities and belief of getting better pay. Their career expectations, on the other hand, were met or exceeded to a great extent for almost all the measurement items. The results also show that the respondents have a relatively high overall job satisfaction level. Although there is lack of evidence that their overall job satisfaction increased as met career expectations increased, there are statistically significant positive correlations among the career expectation measurement items. These findings have implications for human resource practices of construction employers that aimed to attract early career women into the industry, and to reinforce their met career expectations and job satisfaction.

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建筑业中的早期职业女性：是否达到了职业期望？

早期职业女性的招聘，保留和发展一直是建筑业的挑战。本研究着重于建筑业中的早期职业女性或女性建筑管理专业的新毕业生，该研究探讨：（i）影响其在建筑业职业选择的因素；（ii）在其最初的几年工作经历中，其职业期望得到满足的程度；（iii）他们的已达到或未达到的职业期望与他们的总体工作满意度如何相关。使用在线调查问卷收集数据。结果表明，影响受访者职业选择的最重要因素是职业机会和获得更高薪水的信念。另一方面，几乎所有测量项目都达到或超过了他们的职业期望。结果还表明，受访者的总体工作满意度较高。尽管没有证据表明他们的总体工作满意度随着职业期望的提高而增加，但职业期望衡量项目之间在统计上存在显着的正相关。这些发现对建筑业雇主的人力资源实践具有重要意义，该实践旨在吸引早期职业女性加入该行业，并增强她们满足的职业期望和工作满意度。