Focus Group Study to Explore Critical Factors for Managing Stress of Construction Workers

Liang, Qi; Leung, Mei‐yung; Cooper, Cary L.

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001477

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“…Work Environment is an environment where workers do their jobs, cleanliness of the workplace, a conducive environment that provides a sense of security at work and allows workers to do their jobs optimally. Indicators of the work environment are a conducive workplace atmosphere, job security, work culture, physical environment.Non-physical work environment is a condition that is around workers that can affect psychologically in workers, including a safe and comfortable work atmosphere to increase morale, avoid stress / emotional stress symptoms that can affect safety at work [14], [15], [16].…”

Section: Work Environmentmentioning

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Model Health, Safety and Work Environment Factors as Prediction of Work Motivation on Construction Projects

Pelleng,

Susetyo,

Soehari

2019

IJEAT

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Construction project work is one of the high-risk jobs. Based on statistical data on construction accidents in the last ten years, it continues to increase, which has an impact on decreasing work productivity and at the same time a threat to the health, safety and environment of the workforce. Efforts to increase awareness of Health, Safety and the Work Environment (HSE)for workers are important to provide encouraging attitudes and safe actions in preventing the risk of accidents and diseases caused by work, thereby increasing worker productivity.Motivation is a form of encouragement from within the employee to behave and act. The productivity of a construction project is closely related to the motivation of the workforce.The purpose of this study is to determine an effective model of health, safety and work environment (HSE) and to know the relationship between HSE factors as a prediction of work motivation to prevent the risk of work accidents.The research method used was a questionnaire survey distributed to 35 construction workers / contractors such as project managers, experts, project implementers, foremen and construction workers in buildings with more than five floors.Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares. Work accidents affect HSE workers, which then makes work activities delayed, work costs increase, even the quality of work decreases. Therefore, efforts are needed to prevent work accidents through work motivation as psychological interventions in understanding HSE factors for increasing worker productivity on construction projects.The results of this study confirm that the worker's health factors are able to predict work motivation and work motivation in stages of work productivity, meaning that the better the health of workers will increase work motivation and the higher the work motivation, the higher work productivity. Work environment factors indirectly have a positive effect on work productivity, meaning that the better the work environment, the higher the work productivity through work motivation.

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Section: Work Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Model Health, Safety and Work Environment Factors as Prediction of Work Motivation on Construction Projects

Pelleng,

Susetyo,

Soehari

2019

IJEAT

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“…Furthermore, considering the dynamic and temporary characteristics of construction activities, BBS is faced with increasing challenges [13]. Additionally, in order to improve individuals' safety behaviors, a wide range of factors were also explored, such as organizational climate [37], social comparison feedback [46], psychological contracts [47], social norms [38], and stressors [48,49].…”

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The Influence of Social Capitalism on Construction Safety Behaviors: An Exploratory Megaproject Case Study

Chong

Wang

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Sustainability

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Health and safety issues are critical factors influencing the sustainable development of mega construction projects. The impact of social capitalism on health and safety activities has been widely discussed in sustainability domains; nevertheless, its influence towards workers’ safety behaviors in mega construction projects remains largely unknown. To address this research gap, the current study aims to determine the influence of social capitalism on safety behaviors from a two-fold perspective between project managers and construction workers. An exploratory case study was adopted from a mega construction project in Tianjin, China. The results reveal that (a) the social network between project managers and construction workers manifests itself as close communication and contact, trust and emotional identification, common language, vision, and values; (b) project managers’ management behaviors show stronger influences on construction workers’ safety compliance behaviors, while their leadership behaviors show stronger influences on construction workers’ safety participation behaviors; and (c) the practice of social capitalism promotes enforcement of commands and compulsory norms and plays a positive regulatory role on safety behaviors. These findings provide new insights into the use of social capitalism for improving safety behaviors and ultimately facilitate the attainment of the broader goal of sustainability in mega construction projects.

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“…Despite the importance of tension in the work environment, there remains a lack of statistical evidence on its association with the motivational problem of taking shortcuts. It was emphasized that rules and procedures would not lead to risk management because of the weak safety perception while communicating their contents (Sheridan, 2008; Shi and Inoue, 2012; Moura et al., 2017a,b; Liang et al., 2018). In a recent publication, the lack of ability to transfer knowledge into effective actions was highlighted (Moreno and Cavazotte, 2015; Jepson et al., 2017; Moura et al., 2017a,b; Liang et al., 2018; Oah et al., 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ability to complete a task, positive expectation, self-learning to achieve a task, and ability to manage work-related risks were identified as factors that were positively associated with the perception of the physical work environment (Bergheim et al., 2015; Moura et al., 2017a,b). The work environment increases the possibility of misunderstandings related to safety perception (Ganguly, 2011; Blazsin and Guldenmund, 2015; Liang et al., 2018). The above evidences emphasizes the negative aspects of the physical work environment that can act as another source of tension.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Stress-based tension is another exogenous factor. It is affected by communication, physical work environment, and margin of a personal lifetime based on the evidences summarized in the literature section (Report et al., 2001; Hobbs and Williamson, 2003; Sheridan, 2008; Leung et al., 2010; Jaffar and Lop, 2011a,b; Ganguly, 2011; Shi and Inoue, 2012; Bowen et al., 2014; Amorim and Pereira, 2015; Blazsin and Guldenmund, 2015; Zhou and Jiang, 2015; Bergheim et al., 2015; Moreno and Cavazotte, 2015; Praino and Joseph, 2016; Leung et al., 2016; Mohammed et al., 2016; Yoon et al., 2016; Jepson et al., 2017; Moura et al., 2017a,b; Liang et al., 2018; Oah et al., 2018; Techera et al., 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Structural model of factors contributing to the motivational problem of taking shortcuts at construction workplaces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Al-Shayea

Ramadan

Al-Yami³

2019

Heliyon

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An unsafe act is a type of work that involves some risk. Since more than a decade, unsafe act has accounted as a foremost cause of work-related accident, especially in the field of construction. Several attempts have been made to reduce the causes of unsafe acts; however, shortcut, which is a notable type of unsafe act, has received little attention in previous works, even though some of causal effects have been attributed to this habit. This paper aims to reveal an unexplained proportion that can be explained by different underlying causes of motivational problems to shortcuts rather than by habit. Accordingly, two structural models have been proposed based on quantitative and qualitative data from previous reviews associated with the effects on negative feeling and thinking on risk management. These models were tested using on Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on data collected from a cross-section survey conducted at construction sites in largest cities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), where large number of accidents in these cities occurred. Data of 204 respondents of the mailed questionnaires were analyzed after screening all responses. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) (version 22) was used to test for Structural Equation Model (SEM) assumptions. The developed hypotheses were tested and model with the best fit was identified. Findings revealed that 45%–55% of the motivational problems to shortcuts were explained by the selected structural model.

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Focus Group Study to Explore Critical Factors for Managing Stress of Construction Workers

Cited by 45 publications

References 56 publications

Model Health, Safety and Work Environment Factors as Prediction of Work Motivation on Construction Projects

Model Health, Safety and Work Environment Factors as Prediction of Work Motivation on Construction Projects

The Influence of Social Capitalism on Construction Safety Behaviors: An Exploratory Megaproject Case Study

Structural model of factors contributing to the motivational problem of taking shortcuts at construction workplaces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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