Forecasting the schedule performance resulting from the adoption of social distancing in construction projects

Onubi, Hilary Omatule; Yusof, Nor’Aini; Hassan, Ahmad Sanusi; Bahdad, Ali Ahmed Salem

doi:10.1108/ecam-07-2021-0632

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“…Evans et al (2021) examined several job outcomes caused by the transition to remote work enforced by the pandemic and found a significant decline in the performance of self-reporting employees. Similar results were also reported by Onubi et al, 2021, who observed a major negative impact of social distancing measures enforced during COVID-19 on the performance of construction projects. These conflicting results call for more detailed examinations of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on employees' job performance.…”

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Impact of Covid-19 on It Employees’ Job Performance – A Comparative Analysis

Ivanova

Yanchovska

2022

PEB

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The research paper examines how the job performance of IT employees changed during the pandemic when remote work was the predominant mode of operation for more than a year. The study also investigates how the different aspects of job performance have evolved during the research. Quantitative data was collected through a longitudinal survey conducted in 2019 and then repeated in 2021. In the first phase, the sample consisted of 126 international respondents working in over 25 different IT companies, while in the second phase, 149 respondents from over 60 different organizations were covered. The data for the study has been analysed by using one-dimensional mean value comparison, correlation, and regression analysis. In the first phase of the survey conducted before the pandemic, quality of work, effectiveness, and value-added performance have the strongest influence on job performance, at the same time employees’ productivity and proactiveness did not show a direct impact on their overall performance. In the second phase of the study conducted in the summer of 2021, the results show that employees’ perception of their value-added performance to the organization no longer impacts their overall performance. Additionally, during the pandemic, a downward trend was observed in all the elements of job performance, with the most significant decrease in employees’ overall performance, quality of work, and effectiveness. The results of the study can be compelling to different levels of the organisations, as good job performance of employees is significant for the performance results of teams, business units, and organisations. Understanding employees’ job performance, its elements, and how it changes over time, especially during the pandemic, can help organisations thrive and develop a more productive workforce.

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Impact of Covid-19 on It Employees’ Job Performance – A Comparative Analysis

Ivanova

Yanchovska

2022

PEB

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“…In 2021, with the strong call from the central government, governments at all levels attached great importance to urban regeneration initiatives and introduced a series of implementation plans that have achieved good results and more positive public comments. Whereas, by 2022, there were more negative comments about urban regeneration due to the increase in management repair issues across numerous post-implementation urban regeneration projects, as well as the delays or even suspension of projects due to the recurrence of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic [ 75 ].…”

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Public sentiment analysis on urban regeneration: A massive data study based on sentiment knowledge enhanced pre-training and latent Dirichlet allocation

Chen¹,

Ru-liang²

2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Public satisfaction is the ultimate goal and an important determinant of China’s urban regeneration plan. This study is the first to use massive data to perform sentiment analysis of public comments on China’s urban regeneration. Methods Public comments from social media, online forums, and government affairs platforms are analyzed by a combination of Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Enhanced Pre-Training, Word Cloud, and Latent Dirichlet Allocation. Results (1) Public sentiment tendency toward China’s urban regeneration was generally positive but spatiotemporal divergences were observed; (2) Temporally, public sentiment was most negative in 2020, but most positive in 2021. It has remained consistently negative in 2022, particularly after February 2022; (3) Spatially, at the provincial level, Guangdong posted the most comments and Tibet, Shanghai, Guizhou, Chongqing, and Hong Kong are provinces with highly positive sentiment. At the national level, the east and south coastal, southwestern, and western China regions are more positive, as opposed to the northeast, central, and northwest regions; (4) Topics related to Shenzhen’s renovations, development of China’s urban regeneration and complaints from residents are validly categorized and become the public’s key focus. Accordingly, governments should address spatiotemporal disparities and concerns of local residents for future development of urban regeneration.

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“…Also, in order to ensure compliance with the safety protocols associated with COVID-19 prevention, new roles need to be created and competencies need to be developed to check and guarantee compliance (Rydenf€ alt et al, 2014). The new roles and competencies could be in the aspect of carrying out prework tests such as temperature checks, questions at security and training on how to identify the symptoms of infection with COVID-19 (Mitra et al, 2020;Onubi et al, 2021b). This will require extra resources in terms of manpower and money from the contract sum, thus adversely affecting the EP of the project.…”

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“…The new roles and competencies could be in the aspect of carrying out prework tests such as temperature checks, questions at security and training on how to identify the symptoms of infection with COVID-19 (Mitra et al. , 2020; Onubi et al. , 2021b).…”

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Moderating effect of project size on the relationship between COVID-19 safety protocols and economic performance of construction projects

Onubi

Hassan

Yusof

et al. 2022

ECAM

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PurposeThe COVID-19 health crisis has brought about a set of extra health and safety regulations, and procedures to the construction industry which could influence projects' economic performance (EP). The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of adopting COVID-19 safety protocols on construction sites on the economic performance (EP) of construction projects.Design/methodology/approachEmploying the survey method using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from small- and large-sized construction projects in Nigeria and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique.FindingsThe findings reveal that job re-organization and sanitization have negative significant effects on EP, while social distancing and specific training have no effect on EP. Furthermore, project size moderates the relationship between job re-organization, sanitization, specific training and EP with the stronger effect on the relationships observed in big projects, except for the relationship between sanitization and EP where the moderating relationship is stronger in small projects. However, there is no significant moderating effect of project size on the relationship between social distancing and EP.Practical implicationsAs construction project sites continue to operate amidst strict safety protocols, this study offers theoretical and practical insights on how construction projects can adhere to the safety protocols while performing economically.Originality/valueThe originality of this study's findings stems from the fact that it is among the first to provide greater insight on how construction projects have fared economically considering the impact of the various COVID-19 protocols.

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Forecasting the schedule performance resulting from the adoption of social distancing in construction projects

Cited by 11 publications

References 56 publications

Impact of Covid-19 on It Employees’ Job Performance – A Comparative Analysis

Impact of Covid-19 on It Employees’ Job Performance – A Comparative Analysis

Public sentiment analysis on urban regeneration: A massive data study based on sentiment knowledge enhanced pre-training and latent Dirichlet allocation

Moderating effect of project size on the relationship between COVID-19 safety protocols and economic performance of construction projects

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