Psychosocial Factors Issues in Construction Workers: A Systematic Review and Future Research Directions

Abstract

The systematic literature review several previous studies indicates a growing focus on psychosocial factors issues in construction workers' research in recent years, which is predicted to continue. However, currently, there is no comprehensive framework with clearly defined indicators or dimensions to analyze the role of psychosocial factors in the context of construction workers. This paper aims to provide in-depth insights into and analyze psychosocial factors issues in construction workers, identify about anything research topics that have been handled, and identify opportunities regarding other topics that can be carried out in future research. This paper applies a systematic literature review methodology design. Present a structured overview derived from 32 reputable international journal articles indexed in the Scopus database. The results are based on selected reputable international journal articles are clustered based on the analytical framework containing eight psychosocial factors in construction worker research, namely demand, control, support, stress, condition, satisfaction, description, and conflict. In addition, this paper finds four theoretical frameworks based on previous research, namely JD-R model, JD-C model, P-E fit theory, and TPB model that can be applied. This literature study will contribute to analyzing the influence of psychosocial factors in the context of construction workers in presenting a framework of indicators or dimensions that can be applied. Know the theoretical framework and methodology that has been used. Identify research topics, areas, and additional opportunities to link other variables in future research.