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Ashtab, M and Ryoo, B Y (2022) Predicting Construction Workforce Demand Using a Combination of Feature Selection and Multivariate Deep-Learning Seq2seq Models. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Damdelen, O and Tansu, A (2022) Influence of Recycled Plastic on the Thermal Transmittance and Sustainable Assessment of Concrete Mixes. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Kazar, G, Doğan, N B, Ayhan, B U and Tokdemir, O B (2022) Quality Failures–Based Critical Cost Impact Factors: Logistic Regression Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Khurana, M, Garvin, M J and Mahalingam, A (2022) Synthesis of Relational Practices for PPP Contracts and Their Linkage with Governance Mechanisms. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Li, S and Xu, Z (2022) System Configuration Design of BIM Object-Oriented Database for Civil Engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Lin, S and Cheung, S O (2022) Exploring the Concept of Psychological Distance and Its Impact on Intention to Settle in Construction Dispute Negotiation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Naumets, S, Lu, M and Ali, M (2022) Project Schedule Development under Environment-Induced Time-Window Constraints: Case of Constructing River-Crossing Bridge in Remote Northern Region. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Pirzadeh, P, Lingard, H and Zhang, R P (2022) Job Quality and Construction Workers’ Mental Health: Life Course Perspective. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Job quality; Psychosocial factors; Mental health; Construction; Manual workers;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002397
  • Abstract:
    Psychosocial job quality has been proven to be linked to workers’ mental health. Drawing on a life course perspective, this study sought to identify, compare, and contrast the psychosocial characteristics of job quality that are related to mental health in three age groups of manual/nonmanagerial construction workers, i.e., young workers, middle-aged workers, and older workers. Data were extracted from the national and longitudinal Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey data set. The study used 15 waves of data from the HILDA survey with 6,352 responses from 1,768 participants. Longitudinal random-intercept regression models were used to examine the association between each of five aspects of job quality (i.e., job demands and complexity, job control, perceived job security, effort-reward fairness, and job intensity) and mental health. Overall, the research results showed that construction workers’ mental health declined when experiencing adverse job conditions and the magnitude of decline increased as the number of job adversities increased. Specifically, workers of the midage group experienced more accelerated decline in mental health compared with the other two groups when experiencing two adverse job conditions. Age-related differences were also identified in the way that individual job quality aspects are related to mental health. Although low job security and perceived unfairness of effort and reward were significant predictors of mental ill-health in all age groups, job demand and complexity and high job intensity were predictors of mental ill-health in midage and older construction workers but were not significant contributors to mental ill-health among younger workers. The findings highlight the need to develop targeted approaches to protecting and promoting the mental health of construction workers in different age groups.

Salazar, L A, Ballard, G, Arroyo, P and Alarcón, L F (2022) Development of a Commitment Management System for Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Shafique, F and Mollaoglu, S (2022) Shared Transformational Leadership for Green Architecture Engineering and Construction Project Teams: A Study of LEED Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Shen, Y, Lin, Z and Wang, Z (2022) Single-Side Accumulative Jacking Construction Method for Large-Span Arched Latticed Shells. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Tommelein, I D (2022) Work Density Method for Takt Planning of Construction Processes with Nonrepetitive Work. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Wang, J, Han, J, Chen, J, Ding, G, Feng, G, Liu, T and Guo, B (2022) Experimental and Numerical Study on the Dynamic Response of a Superthick Backfill Subgrade under High-Speed Railway Loading: A Case Study of Qianjiang–Zhangjiajie–Changde Railway. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).

Zou, Y, Wu, Y, Guo, B H W, Papadonikolaki, E, Dimyadi, J and Hung, S N (2022) Investigating the New Zealand Off-Site Manufacturing Industry’s Readiness for Automated Compliance Checking. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(12).