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Job Burnout among Construction Engineers Working within Consulting and Contracting Organizations
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This research investigated and compared the experience of job burnout among 249 construction engineers working within consulting and contracting organizations in Hong Kong. The most widely recognized model of burnout, ...
Intellectual Capital, Innovation, and Performance in Construction Contracting Firms
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The accumulation of intangible assets in the form of intellectual capital (IC) has been recognized to be significant for a firm’s competitiveness. The strategic significance of knowledge for construction contractors, as ...
Structural Model of Internal Factors Influencing the Safety Behavior of Construction Workers
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The immediate cause of construction accidents is attributed to human error. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between individual internal factors and unsafe behaviors in construction sites. This study ...
Opening Up the Innovation Process in Construction Firms: External Knowledge Sources and Dual Innovation
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Empirical evidence on the relative significance of various sources of knowledge for different construction firms’ innovation activities and processes is limited. This study examines the relationships between six external ...
Performance Consequences of Psychological Empowerment
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The relationship between psychological empowerment and job performance, and whether three intermediate performance determinants; motivation, ability, and opportunity to perform hold the key to unlocking the empowerment-performance ...
Conceptual Maturity Model for Sustainable Construction
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The construction industry has contributed substantially to not only the growth of the economy, but also the development of the environment and society. In past decades, an increasing public awareness on the environmental ...
Developing Safety Climate Indicators in a Construction Working Environment
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Safety climate has been widely used as a leading indicator of safety performance across multiple high-risk industries, including construction. Despite extensive efforts to measure the safety climate on construction projects, ...
Capturing Safety Knowledge Using Design-for-Safety-Process Tool
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An organization must strive to maintain its most valuable resource, knowledge, in order to be more productive and competitive. One of the steps to manage the knowledge is to capture contents of the knowledge. In construction ...
Exploring Economic Impacts of Sustainable Construction Projects on Stakeholders: The Role of Integrated Project Delivery
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Climate urgency has driven sustainability and the circular economy into the agenda of the construction industry. Despite growing efforts to promote sustainability, there is still a lack of a widespread implementation of ...
Development of a Multifunctional BIM Maturity Model
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers