Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework

Barreiro‐Gen, María; Lozano, Rodrigo; Temel, Melis; Carpenter, Angela

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104593

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“…A code was assigned to each of the interviewees to identify them and to ensure their anonymity. Each code is formed by the ocean or sea where their port is located, followed by a number (Table 1), "North3", as done in Barreiro-Gen et al (2021).…”

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Analysing sustainability change management in government owned companies: experiences from European ports

Barreiro‐Gen

Lozano

Carpenter

et al. 2022

SRJ

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Purpose Government-owned companies (GOCs), such as ports, have engaged in efforts to become more sustainable. Most of such efforts have been technological and policy ones and mainly focusing on the environment, with limited research on organisational change management. This paper aims to provide insights into how ports have been addressing sustainability change forces and pressures. Design/methodology/approach Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted with top-level directors and sustainability managers, representing ports across Europe’s maritime regions and a range of port types and sizes. The interviews were analysed using grounded theory’s constant comparative analysis. Findings The findings highlighted that the ports’ success in their process to become more sustainable depends on how they take advantage of the thrust forces and reduce the drag ones. The findings serve to develop the “ports’ sustainability change management framework”, with five stages: reactive, proactive, transactive, interactive, and sustainable port. Practical implications Ports, and other GOCs, should capitalise on their private–public nature in their contribution to making societies more sustainable by adopting a holistic perspective and interactive changes. Originality/value This paper provides a dynamic perspective on corporate sustainability efforts, particularly on GOCs, through organisational change management complementing technocentric and managerial approaches.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Analysing sustainability change management in government owned companies: experiences from European ports

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Lozano

Carpenter

et al. 2022

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“…, 2015; Vo et al. , 2018; Ngao and Mwangi, 2013; Barreiro-Gen et al. , 2021), and when they reach top management in companies of the sector they are often managers of a supporting function such as human resources, accounting, communications, etc.…”

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Retaining talent in the maritime sector by creating a work-family balance logic: implications from women managers navigating work and family

Vo¹,

Lavissière

2022

IJPDLM

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PurposeThis paper contributes to the social pillar of sustainable supply chain management. It does so by investigating how women managers in the maritime sector handle work-family conflict, thereby acting as institutional entrepreneurs to create a work-family balance logic. The maritime sector is a male-dominated supply chain management environment, which suffers from a talent gap of a lack of women executives. One reason for this problem is work-family balance issues that deter women from staying in the workforce.Design/methodology/approachThe authors interviewed 35 women working as port managers in different developing countries. The authors analyzed their strategies in coping with the conflict between family and work to create a work-family balance logic.FindingsThe authors found four different types of strategies to handle work-family conflicts. Responses showed that women executives in this sector can be institutional entrepreneurs. Based on the findings, the authors were able to confirm and contribute to the existing model proposed by Silva and Nunes (2021) on sustainable supply chain logic. The authors also provided recommendations for these women as institutional entrepreneurs and for policymakers to retain women talent in the supply chain management.Research limitations/implicationsThe research focuses on a specific supply chain management sector, which is the maritime sector. It also relies exclusively on interview data.Practical implicationsThe authors propose recommendations to develop a work-family balance logic and retain talented women in the supply chain industry based on monitoring equality and supporting their need for a work-family balance, both in the short and long terms.Originality/valueThe authors interviewed women executives in one of the most male dominated sectors. The authors studied their ability to cope with work-family conflicts and identified four ways to create a work-family balance logic. These findings enabled us to show the contribution and limits of women executives as institutional entrepreneurs for work family balance logics in male dominated sectors.

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“…The other studies were analysing the issue in terms of historical perspective which is not scope of this research. Barreiro-Gen et al (2021) identified how ports have been directing gender equality. Five stages had been identified respectively which are gender segragation, compliance with national laws and regulations, gender equity, gender equality and more sustainable ports.…”

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“…Their findings suggested that if young females in the ports can survive, the gender gap will be decreased in the future. Barreiro-Gen et al (2021) suggested five stages to develop gender equality in ports, which are gender segragation, compilance with national laws and regulations, gender equity; gender equality and more sustainable ports.…”

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Evaluation of Gender Equality Criteria Related to Social Sustainability in Ports

SANRI

2022

emaj

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Ports are developing sustainability frameworks in order to cope with latest requirements from the stakeholders. Economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability are the three pillars of the topic. Although economic and environmental aspects of sustainability in ports are widely researched in the literature, the social dimension of gender equality research is scarce. To fill the gap, it is important to identify the most important efforts for improving gender equality in ports. The aim of this study is to evaluate the gender equality criterias by port executives in terms of social sustainability. For this purpose, one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods, Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) was used to evaluate the priority weights of five criterias in Turkey. The results show that recruitment policy is the most important criteria in the field. Therefore, some suggestions are made to port industry to become more socially sustainable by minimizing the gender gap.

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Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework

Cited by 25 publications

References 43 publications

Analysing sustainability change management in government owned companies: experiences from European ports

Analysing sustainability change management in government owned companies: experiences from European ports

Retaining talent in the maritime sector by creating a work-family balance logic: implications from women managers navigating work and family

Evaluation of Gender Equality Criteria Related to Social Sustainability in Ports

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