Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
Journal | Publisher | Publications |
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Australian Health Review | CSIRO | [39] |
Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building | Informit | [40] |
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE | [41] |
BMJ Open | BMJ | [42] |
Construction Management and Economics | Taylor & Francis | [43,44] |
Drug and Alcohol Review | APSAD | [45] |
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management | Emerald | [46,47] |
Health Promotion International | Oxford University Press | [48] |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI | [9] |
International Journal of Project Management | Elsevier | [49] |
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Taylor & Francis | [50] |
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | ASCE | [4,7,51] |
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology | Emerald | [52] |
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | Wolters Kluwer | [53] |
Medical Journal of Australia | Wiley Online Library | [54] |
SAGE Open | SAGE | [55] |
PLoS ONE | PLOS ONE | [56] |
Public Health | BMC | [57] |
Psychosomatic Medicine | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | [58] |
Safety and Health at Work | Elsevier | [59,60] |
Safety Science | Elsevier | [61] |
SSM—Population Health | Elsevier | [62] |
Substance Use & Misuse | Taylor & Francis | [63] |
The International Journal of Human Resource Management | Taylor & Francis | [64] |
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing | Elsevier | [65] |
Work, Employment and Society | SAGE | [66,67] |
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Stage 1 Results
3.1.1. Home–Work Conflict
3.1.2. Job, Workplace, and Industry Characteristics
3.1.3. Job Control
3.1.4. Excessive Job Demand
3.2. Mental Health Status Assessment Methods
3.3. Stage 2 Results
3.3.1. Mental Health Risk Factors
3.3.2. Mental Status Assessment Methods
3.4. Stage 3 Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mental Health Risk Factor | Publications | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Home–Work Conflict | [40,41,42,43,44,47,49,53,54,57,64,65] | 13 | 1 |
Job Characteristics | [7,9,41,44,52,54,58,65,67] | 9 | 2 |
Job Control | [42,43,47,51,52,58,64,66] | 8 | 3 |
Excessive Job Demand and Fatigue | [40,47,51,52,58,61,64,67] | 8 | 3 |
Job Insecurity | [7,41,44,53,56,65,66] | 7 | 4 |
Continuous Working Hours | [40,43,44,52,56,65] | 6 | 5 |
Lack of Social Support | [4,39,42,47] | 5 | 6 |
Alcohol and Other Drug Use | [45,55,61,63] | 4 | 7 |
Isolation and Remote Work | [41,42,50,54] | 4 | 7 |
Financial Concern | [7,54,56,57] | 4 | 7 |
Lack of Work Support | [43,47,51,56] | 4 | 7 |
Poor Communication and Workgroup Relationships | [46,48,52,62] | 4 | 7 |
Job Inflexibility | [40,43,44] | 3 | 8 |
Safety Concern | [45,57,66] | 3 | 8 |
Workplace Injustice | [46,54,67] | 3 | 8 |
Job Variety and Ambiguity | [44,66] | 2 | 9 |
Role Conflict | [51,52] | 2 | 9 |
Workplace Stress | [4,51] | 2 | 9 |
Work Environment | [53,54] | 2 | 9 |
Bullying | [39] | 1 | 10 |
Lack of Adequate Resources and Staff | [52] | 1 | 10 |
Lack of Promotion/Reward Opportunity | [40] | 1 | 10 |
Mental Status Assessment Method | Publications | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Questionnaire Survey | [4,9,39,40,43,45,48,52,53,54,60,61,63,65] | 14 | 1 |
Structured/Semi-structured Interview | [9,42,44,47,49,50,56,66,67] | 9 | 2 |
Focus Group | [9,44,45,50,56,63,67] | 7 | 3 |
Virtual Space, Messenger and Other Platforms Available on Smart Phones | [39,41,42,48,62], | 5 | 4 |
Data Source and Recorded Evidence | [55,57,58,63,65] | 5 | 4 |
Mental Risk Factor | Documents |
---|---|
Fatigue | [21,22,74,75] |
Job Demand | [17,19,22,74] |
Low Job Control | [17,21,22,74] |
Poor Environmental Conditions | [17,19,22,74] |
Poor Job Support | [17,18,22,74] |
Poor Organizational Change Management | [17,21,22,74] |
Poor Organizational Injustice | [17,18,20,22] |
Bullying | [20,74,75] |
Isolated Work | [17,21,22] |
Low Role Clarity | [17,22,74] |
Remote Work | [17,21,22] |
Violent or Traumatic Events | [17,22,75] |
Continuous Working Hours | [20,75] |
Inappropriate Behaviours | [22,74] |
Low Reward and Recognition | [17,74] |
Poor Workplace Relationships | [17,22] |
Safety Concerns | [18,21] |
Work Schedules | [19,75] |
Alcohol and Other Drug Use | [22] |
Communication | [21] |
Home–Work conflict | [20] |
Job Inflexibility | [20] |
Job Insecurity | [74] |
Sleep | [19] |
Non-Work-Related Factors | [19] |
Risk Assessment Method | Documents |
---|---|
Consultation | [18,19,21,75] |
Data Source and Recorded Evidence | [17,19,22,75] |
Interview | [17,21,22] |
Site Survey and Workplace Inspection | [17,19,75] |
De-identified Survey | [22] |
Focus Group | [22] |
Examine Work Practices and Systems of Work | [19] |
Inspecting Personnel’s Interaction | [17] |
Mental Risk Factor | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excessive Job Demand | 8 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
Job Characteristics | 9 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.72 |
Workplace Stress | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.94 |
Lack of Job Control | 8 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
Home–Work Conflict | 13 | 2 | 0.41 | 0.25 | 0.84 |
Job Insecurity | 7 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.91 |
Poor Workplace Environment | 2 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
Continuous Working Hours | 6 | 3 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.81 |
Poor Communication | 4 | 2 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.88 |
Lack of Reward | 1 | 3 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.66 |
Lack of Work Support | 4 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.63 |
Financial Concern | 4 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.88 |
Lack of Social Support | 5 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.84 |
Workplace Injustice | 3 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.50 | 0.59 |
Job Variety and Ambiguity | 2 | 2 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.81 |
Safety Concern | 3 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.84 |
Isolation and Remote Work | 4 | 3 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.75 |
Job Inflexibility | 3 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.97 |
Role conflict | 2 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.69 |
Lack of Adequate Resources and Staff | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.97 |
Bullying | 1 | 3 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.66 |
Poor Organizational Change Management | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Violence and Traumatic Events at Work | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Alcohol and Other Drug Use | 4 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.99 |
Sleep | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.88 |
Fatigue | 8 | 5 | 0.25 | 0.63 | 0.63 |
Mental Risk Assessment Method | |||||
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Questionnaire Survey | |||||
Focus Group | |||||
Structured/Semi-structured Interview | |||||
Data Source and Recorded Evidence | |||||
Virtual Space, Messenger and Other Platforms Available on Smart Phones | |||||
Site Survey and Workplace Inspection | |||||
Inspecting Personnel’s Interaction | |||||
Consultation |
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Hosseini, O.; Loosemore, M.; Fini, A.A.F. Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry. Buildings 2023, 13, 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020335
Hosseini O, Loosemore M, Fini AAF. Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry. Buildings. 2023; 13(2):335. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020335
Chicago/Turabian StyleHosseini, Omid, Martin Loosemore, and Alireza Ahmadian Fard Fini. 2023. "Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry" Buildings 13, no. 2: 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020335