Relationships between cycles of economic expansion in construction and craft workers’ job satisfaction and preferences

Albattah, Mohammed; Shan, Yongwei; Goodrum, Paul M.; Taylor, T. H.

doi:10.1139/cjce-2016-0358

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“…Many researchers have attempted to examine the effects of personal, work and organisational factors on job satisfaction of different cohort of workforces in the industry. While there are studies that focussed on all construction professionals in general, some recent works have specifically focussed on project managers (e.g., Ling et al, 2018;Hwang, Zhao and Lim, 2019;), architects (e.g., Sang, Ison and Dainty 2009), quantity surveyors (e.g., Bowen and Cattell, 2008;Lian and Ling, 2018), craftworkers (e.g., Albattah et al, 2016;Shan et al, 2016;Oo, Liu and Lim, 2020), and labourers (e.g., Hosseini, Chileshe and Zillante, 2014;Hsu and Liao, 2016). However, there is little or no study on job satisfaction of early career women or new female CM graduate hires in the construction industry.…”

Section: Women's Career Expectations and Job Satisfaction In Construcmentioning

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Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met?

Oo¹,

Lim²,

Feng³

2020

CEB

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The recruitment, retention and development of early career women have always been a challenge in the construction industry. With the focus on early career women or new female construction management degree graduate hires in construction, this study explores: (i) factors influencing their choice of career in construction; (ii) the extent of which their career expectations were met in their first few years of job experience; and (iii) how their met or unmet career expectations are related their overall job satisfaction. Data was collected using an online survey questionnaire. The results show that the top significant factors influencing the respondents’ career choice are career opportunities and belief of getting better pay. Their career expectations, on the other hand, were met or exceeded to a great extent for almost all the measurement items. The results also show that the respondents have a relatively high overall job satisfaction level. Although there is lack of evidence that their overall job satisfaction increased as met career expectations increased, there are statistically significant positive correlations among the career expectation measurement items. These findings have implications for human resource practices of construction employers that aimed to attract early career women into the industry, and to reinforce their met career expectations and job satisfaction.

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Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met?

Oo¹,

Lim²,

Feng³

2020

CEB

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“…The recruitment of underrepresented persons (e.g., women, newcomers to Canada, persons with disabilities) has also been presented as a key consideration to encourage the further acquisition of vocational talent outside of the prototypical hegemonic masculine applicant [11,29,30]. Diversity and inclusion policies have been proposed for this industry to engage young under-represented persons previously, but it is currently unknown which mechanisms would promote the sustainable engagement of underrepresented persons [31,32].…”

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Engaging Employers in Apprentice Training: Focus Group Insights from Small-to-Medium-Sized Employers in Ontario, Canada

Howe

Jaswal

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IJERPH

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Several factors have been identified to influence the registration and retention of apprentices in the construction trades. Employer engagement is a key factor to promote growth in apprenticeships in the construction trades as participation rates continue to be low among small-to-medium-sized employers. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of the Ontario Electrical League’s (OEL) employer mentorship program through the perspectives of small-to-medium-sized employers using a qualitative approach. Two focus groups were conducted virtually with 11 employers. Focus group audio transcripts were recorded and transcribed for thematic analysis. Themes were generated using a data-driven approach to examine the relationships between mentorship program outcomes and perspectives on industry-related recruitment and retention barriers. Three themes were identified: (a) long-term apprentice recruitment and retention challenges; (b) equity and mental health in the workplace; and (c) industry challenges and mentorship program outcomes. Generally, this sample of employers appreciated the value of the OEL mentorship program through praise of the continued educational support, employer management expertise, hiring resources, and apprentice onboarding tools despite industry barriers in trade stigma, equity and mental health in the workplace, and recruitment and retention challenges. Industry partners should work with these small-to-medium-sized employers to develop workplace initiatives and engage external partners to provide ongoing apprenticeship mentorship support to address the recruitment and retention barriers identified in this study.

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“…This study aims to investigate the level of BIPV awareness and determine if it influences the decision to adopt it by focusing of stakeholders who are residents in the study context. In general, investigations related to the understanding of preferences, human satisfaction, and public perception have been carried out using various methods; sometimes starting from a background with theoretical models [71], other times in line with relevant behavioral theories [72]. In line with similar studies within the region [19,60], and in part, related to seminal work on the diffusion of innovations by Everett Rogers (1993Rogers ( -2004 [16], the research design for this investigation was developed.…”

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A Quantitative Investigation on Awareness of Renewable Energy Building Technology in the United Arab Emirates

Albattah

Attoye

2021

Sustainability

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Sustainability in architecture engages a wide range of considerations in the light of the significant negative impact of buildings on the environment. One aspect of research in this parlance engages the technological and the social dimensions of building innovation, which promote the use of renewable technology as a mitigation strategy. The challenge, however, is that the end-users or building clients do not always have sufficient awareness and information regarding these technologies to guide their decision to accept it. Consequently, the diffusion of said innovations is slow, and the environmental or building problems they were invented to solve persist at the expense of both humanity and the environment. This study, therefore, focuses on a quantitative investigation to ascertain the level of awareness and interest of residents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) as an example of renewable energy-based building technology. In this study, 289 residents participated, following the distribution of a questionnaire to demographically distinct individuals. This distinction was used in the analysis to highlight different groups such as, gender, generations, and occupational background of the respondents. The findings of the study show, firstly, that there is a high level of awareness of BIPV in the sample. The study also shows that comparing awareness with each of these demographic variables produced a second layer of findings. For example, the statistical analysis showed that there is no significant difference between the level of awareness and any of the demographic characteristics of the study participants. However, there is a significant statistical difference (p = 0.000) between awareness and interest in BIPV. In concluding this study, recommendations for further research that elaborates other statistical variables and tests, as well as a follow-up qualitative investigation are planned and outlined for future studies. The findings of this investigation may be of benefit to researchers, policy makers, as well as energy companies and marketing agencies within and outside the region.

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Relationships between cycles of economic expansion in construction and craft workers’ job satisfaction and preferences

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met?

Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met?

Engaging Employers in Apprentice Training: Focus Group Insights from Small-to-Medium-Sized Employers in Ontario, Canada

A Quantitative Investigation on Awareness of Renewable Energy Building Technology in the United Arab Emirates

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