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Ajslev, J Z N, Wåhlin-Jacobsen, C D, Brandt, M, Møller, J L and Andersen, L L (2020) Losing face from engagement – an overlooked risk in the implementation of participatory organisational health and safety initiatives in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 824–39.

Dericks, G H and Phua, F T T (2020) The occupational attractiveness of the built environment and the roles of individualism and collectivism: a hidden source of conflict and gender imbalance?. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 773–88.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Occupational attractiveness; individualism; collectivism; cooperation; gender imbalance; construction management; architecture; human resource management;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2020.1757732
  • Abstract:
    The success of built environment projects is closely dependent on strong collective cooperation. Yet abundant anecdotal and academic evidence attests to weak collective cooperation within the industry. To date, no research in the built environment has investigated either the individual-level differences in individualism/collectivism that affect cooperativeness, or how gender may interact with these individual-level traits. In this research we seek to make a positive contribution by using the individual rather than organization as the unit of analysis. We first test the possibility that the built environment may in fact attract uncooperative individuals who are more individualistic than collectivist with respect to two specimen subsectors, i.e. construction management and architecture. At the same time we also employ a nuanced distinction between horizontal and vertical facets of individualism/collectivism, and assess potential interactions with gender. Using individual-level data (N=548), we find that both the architecture and construction management subsectors are occupationally attractive to individuals from opposing ends of the horizontal and vertical individualism/collectivism spectrums, and that these traits interact with gender. We argue that our findings both expose an individual-level source of poor collective cooperation in the built environment industry, and underscore the need to address persistently low female recruitment and retention rates.

Liu, B, Wang, Q, Wu, G, Zheng, J and Li, L (2020) How family-supportive supervisor affect Chinese construction workers’ work-family conflict and turnover intention: investigating the moderating role of work and family identity salience. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 807–23.

Ninan, J, Mahalingam, A, Clegg, S and Sankaran, S (2020) ICT for external stakeholder management: sociomateriality from a power perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 840–55.

Papachristos, G, Jain, N, Burman, E, Zimmermann, N, Wu, X, Liu, P, Mumovic, D, Lin, B, Davies, M and Edkins, A (2020) Low carbon building performance in the construction industry: a multi-method approach of system dynamics and building performance modelling. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 856–76.

Scott-Young, C M, Turner, M and Holdsworth, S (2020) Male and female mental health differences in built environment undergraduates. Construction Management and Economics, 38(09), 789–806.