Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels
This study aims to analyze the critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. Accordingly, this study’s objectives are to identify: critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites in low-, lower-middle-, uppe...
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| author | Omer, Mazen M. Moyo, Tirivavi Al-Otaibi, Ali Alawag, Aawag Mohsen Ahmad Rizal, Alias Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman |
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| description | This study aims to analyze the critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. Accordingly, this study’s objectives are to identify: critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites in low-, lower-middle-, upper-middle- and high-income countries, overlapping critical factors across countries with different income levels and agreements on the critical factors across countries with different income levels. Design/methodology/approach: This study identified 19 factors affecting workplace well-being using a systematic literature review and interviews with construction industry professionals. Subsequently, the factors were inserted into a questionnaire survey and distributed among construction industry professionals across Yemen, Zimbabwe, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, receiving 110, 169, 335 and 193 responses. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including mean, normalized value, overlap analysis and agreement analysis. Findings: This study identified 16 critical factors across all income levels. From those, 3 critical factors overlap across all countries (communication between workers, general safety and health monitoring and timeline of salary payment). Also, 3 critical factors (salary package, working environment and working hours) overlap across low-, low-middle and upper-middle-income countries, and 1 critical factor (project leadership) overlaps across low-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries. The agreements are inclined to be compatible between low- and low-middle-income, and between low- and high-income countries. However, agreements are incompatible across the remaining countries. Practical implications: This study can serve as a standard for maintaining satisfactory workplace well-being at construction sites. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first attempt to analyze factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. |
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| spelling | ump-438222025-03-03T01:54:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43822/ Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels Omer, Mazen M. Moyo, Tirivavi Al-Otaibi, Ali Alawag, Aawag Mohsen Ahmad Rizal, Alias Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This study aims to analyze the critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. Accordingly, this study’s objectives are to identify: critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites in low-, lower-middle-, upper-middle- and high-income countries, overlapping critical factors across countries with different income levels and agreements on the critical factors across countries with different income levels. Design/methodology/approach: This study identified 19 factors affecting workplace well-being using a systematic literature review and interviews with construction industry professionals. Subsequently, the factors were inserted into a questionnaire survey and distributed among construction industry professionals across Yemen, Zimbabwe, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, receiving 110, 169, 335 and 193 responses. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including mean, normalized value, overlap analysis and agreement analysis. Findings: This study identified 16 critical factors across all income levels. From those, 3 critical factors overlap across all countries (communication between workers, general safety and health monitoring and timeline of salary payment). Also, 3 critical factors (salary package, working environment and working hours) overlap across low-, low-middle and upper-middle-income countries, and 1 critical factor (project leadership) overlaps across low-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries. The agreements are inclined to be compatible between low- and low-middle-income, and between low- and high-income countries. However, agreements are incompatible across the remaining countries. Practical implications: This study can serve as a standard for maintaining satisfactory workplace well-being at construction sites. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first attempt to analyze factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. Emerald Publishing 2025 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43822/1/Critical%20factors%20affecting%20workplace%20well-being%20at%20construction.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43822/2/Critical%20factors%20affecting%20workplace%20well-being%20at%20construction%20sites%20across%20countries%20with%20different%20income%20levels_ABS.pdf Omer, Mazen M. and Moyo, Tirivavi and Al-Otaibi, Ali and Alawag, Aawag Mohsen and Ahmad Rizal, Alias and Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman (2025) Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels. Construction Innovation, 25 (1). pp. 104-130. ISSN 1471-4175. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-09-2023-0218 https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-09-2023-0218 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Omer, Mazen M. Moyo, Tirivavi Al-Otaibi, Ali Alawag, Aawag Mohsen Ahmad Rizal, Alias Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title | Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title_full | Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title_fullStr | Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title_short | Critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| title_sort | critical factors affecting workplace well-being at construction sites across countries with different income levels |
| topic | T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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