Construction workers work-life balance: A tool for improving productivity in the construction industry

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between construction workers work-life balance and productivity in the construction industry in Ghana. Survey method was adopted where 200 Questionnaires were administered to small and medium construction firms and 150 response were obtained. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was also carried out to establish the relationship between the predictor (WLB) and criterion latent variable set (Productivity). It emerged that there is a relationship between construction workers work life balance and productivity in the construction industry. This work strives to engender a wider academic debate and renew the need for work life balance policies that will enhance productivity to be revisited. Management of construction organisations must develop and implement construction workers work-life balance polices at their place of work.

Mental health challenges of manual and trade workers in the construction industry: a systematic review of causes, effects and interventions

“…It found that work pressure due to high job demand and poor work-life balance affect the mental health of construction workers irrespective of their age, gender, occupation and role. The resistance of construction organisations to adopting flexible work arrangements does not allow workers to meet the demands of their personal and family life (Apraku et al, 2020). The review also found that the precarious nature of employment, high job demand and job stress also lead to bodily pain.…”

Development of zero-based budgeting approach for multinational construction contractors

“…During our field study, the project administration did not receive any negative feedback from the laborers on the food and camp services after applying the ZBB rules. Thus, we believe that construction contractor profitably and employee welfare standards can be balanced following the ZBB method, which is highly advised (Apraku et al. , 2020).…”

Interrelationship Between Work and Private Life of Employees - Conflict or Balance?

“…Document analysis identified two main theoretical concepts regarding the interrelationship between work and private life of employees. These are the concept of work-life conflict (Carlson et al, 2000;Liu & Low, 2011;Hussain & Mujtaba, 2012;Lankeshwara & Wijesekara, 2015;Oosthuizen et al, 2016;Agha et al, 2017;Kim & Kim, 2017;Pejičić & Ranđelović, 2019;Lydeka & Tauraite, 2020;Marič et al, 2021), and the concept of work-life balance (Grzywacz et al, 2002;Lambert & Haley-Lock, 2004;Moore, 2007;Haar et al, 2014;Golubović & Golubović, 2015;Adikaram & Jayatilake, 2016;Fernandez-Crehuet et al, 2016;Stojanović-Aleksić & Bošković, 2017;Marič & Žnidaršič, 2018;Yusuf, 2018;Dilmaghani & Tabvuma, 2019;Apraku et al, 2020). Both of these work-life concepts (conflict and balance) are further researched and analyzed in order to discover their types and forms.…”

“…Moreover, a survey conducted on 150 employees of small and medium companies in the construction industry showed a positive relationship between their WLB and company productivity (Apraku et al, 2020).…”