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Burke, R D, Parrish, K and El Asmar, M (2018) Environmental Product Declarations: Use in the Architectural and Engineering Design Process to Support Sustainable Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Delgado, L, Shealy, T, Garvin, M and Pearce, A (2018) Framing Energy Efficiency with Payback Period: Empirical Study to Increase Energy Consideration during Facility Procurement Processes. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Doloi, H (2018) Community-Centric Model for Evaluating Social Value in Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
El-Sabek, L M and McCabe, B Y (2018) Framework for Managing Integration Challenges of Last Planner System in IMPs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Farshchian, M M and Heravi, G (2018) Probabilistic Assessment of Cost, Time, and Revenue in a Portfolio of Projects Using Stochastic Agent-Based Simulation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Liang, Q, Leung, M and Cooper, C (2018) Focus Group Study to Explore Critical Factors for Managing Stress of Construction Workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction workers; Focus group; Health; Performance; Safety; Stress;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001477
- Abstract:
Construction workers (CWs) are directly responsible for the success of any construction project. However, the construction industry is stressful, which may significantly affect CWs’ performance and safety at work. It is possible to prevent CWs experiencing unmanageable stress and the associated negative consequences if the critical factors for managing their stress were known. Yet, very few studies have been conducted to explore these critical stress management factors for them. With consideration of their unique work characteristics and environment, the current study set out to fill this research gap through exploration of CWs’ coping behaviors, stress symptoms, and performance. Focus group studies were conducted to collect qualitative data from skilled CWs, general CWs, and supervisors of CWs. The study explored 15 coping behaviors (categorized as either problem based or emotion based), 5 emotional and 11 physical stress symptoms, and 5 indicators of CWs’ performance and safety. The principal findings include the following: CWs often not only experience physical stress symptoms, but also suffer from emotional stress symptoms; and unlike the managerial staffs, CWs usually adopt more emotion-based than problem-based coping behaviors (10 types and 5 types, respectively). A propositional model was proposed and validated by a short questionnaire survey study. Practical recommendations are made for promoting effective stress management and improving project management on CWs. The research limitations are discussed, and suggestions for future research are made. This paper is the first attempt to explore CWs’ coping behaviors, specific stress symptoms, and performance, which forms a basis for a future large-scale study.
Lines, B C and Ravi Kumar, G G (2018) Developing More Competitive Proposals: Relationship between Contractor Qualifications-Based Proposal Content and Owner Evaluation Scores. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Mahpour, A and Mortaheb, M M (2018) Financial-Based Incentive Plan to Reduce Construction Waste. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Nguyen, D A, Garvin, M J and Gonzalez, E E (2018) Risk Allocation in U.S. Public-Private Partnership Highway Project Contracts. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Rocha, C G d, Anzanello, M J and Gerchman, M (2018) Method to Assess the Match between Clients’ Input and Decoupling Points in Customized Building Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Schuldt, S and El-Rayes, K (2018) Optimizing the Planning of Remote Construction Sites to Minimize Facility Destruction from Explosive Attacks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Tembo-Silungwe, C K and Khatleli, N (2018) Identification of Enablers and Constraints of Risk Allocation Using Structuration Theory in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Yap, J B H, Abdul-Rahman, H and Wang, C (2018) Preventive Mitigation of Overruns with Project Communication Management and Continuous Learning: PLS-SEM Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).
Zhang, M, Cheng, W and Wang, Y (2018) Multiple-Fault Classification for Hot-Mix Asphalt Production by Machine Learning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(05).