Agile and Overworked?

Huck-Fries, Veronika; Prommegger, Barbara; Wiesche, Manuel; Krcmar, Helmut

doi:10.1145/3378539.3393835

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“…Previous research (Conti et al. , 2006; Huck-Fries et al. , 2020; Stimec and Grima, 2019) indicates a relationship between project delivery system and work stress.…”

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Effect of project organization elements on the mental health of project management practitioner in AEC projects

Tijani

Jin

Osei‐Kyei

2022

ECAM

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PurposeDue to the frenetic and dynamic working conditions ascribed to architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) project organizations, enormous research has addressed the poor mental health propensity of project management practitioners (PMPs). However, research has not considered the distant factors related to organizational design causing poor mental health. Therefore, this study addresses the problem by integrating institutional theory, agency theory and resource-based theory (RBT) to explore the relationship between organizational design elements: project governance, knowledge management, integrated project delivery, project management skills and mental health management indicators. Examples of mental health management indicators include social relationships, work-life balance and project leadership.Design/methodology/approachPurposive sampling method was adopted to collect survey data from 90 PMPs in 60 AEC firms in Australia. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was utilized to test the relationship between the variables.FindingsThe research found that project governance, knowledge management and integrated project delivery are positively correlated to mental health management indicators. However, the research finding suggests that project management skills have a negative impact on mental health management indicators.Originality/valueThe findings offer guidelines to AEC firms on achieving positive mental health management outcomes through concentration on project governance, knowledge management and integrated project delivery. It further calls for a reconsideration of existing project management skills causing poor mental health management outcomes.

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“…Previous research (Conti et al. , 2006; Huck-Fries et al. , 2020; Stimec and Grima, 2019) indicates a relationship between project delivery system and work stress.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%