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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.41</doi>
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<article-title>CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS’<br/>
PERCEPTIONS ON WORK-LIFE BALANCE</article-title>
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<author>DUYGU AKALP<sup>1</sup>, MEHMET OZBEK<sup>2</sup>, and PINAR OMUR-OZBEK<sup>1</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University,<br/>
Fort Collins, USA<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Dept of Construction Management, Colorado State University,<br/>
Fort Collins, USA</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>Today's work-life dynamics have changed tremendously since the 1950s. Increased
participation of women in the paid workforce has highly contributed to this prominent
change; and since then, work-life balance (WLB) has become an important issue for
both employees and organizations. Given that construction is one of the most
demanding industries, investigating work-life experiences of employees has been a
focal point of researchers. However, there is not much literature on how younger
generations, also known as “millennials”, perceive WLB before they get to start
working in the industry. The purpose of this study is to investigate construction
management students' perceptions on WLB. Additionally, the study will investigate
the differences in students’ perceptions and future expectations considering their
gender and enrollment years (levels). For this purpose, an online survey instrument
was sent to 694 construction management students who were pursuing their
undergraduate and graduate degrees at Colorado State University in 2015; and 61
responses were collected. Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal Wallis tests were
conducted to identify whether there are statistically significant differences in students’
cognizance of WLB issues. Based on the results of the statistical tests, a statistically
significant difference was found between the female and male students’ perception of
early burnout in the construction industry. The results did not provide enough evidence
to identify statistically significant differences between groups of students in different
enrollment years.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Millennials, Construction industry, Statistic analysis, Survey.</p>
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