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dc.contributor.authorTownsend, Keith
dc.contributor.authorLoudoun, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorMarkwell, Katherine
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-16T07:08:25Z
dc.date.available2018-10-16T07:08:25Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0144-6193
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01446193.2016.1195911
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/123785
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this article is healthy work environments in project-based construction work, and particularly a sub-element of the work environment, the food environment. Although it is well accepted that stressful work environments negatively impact on organisational and individual health indices and project construction produces some of the most severe work environments in the modern industrial landscape, the role of line managers in creating these environments is largely unknown. Healthy work environments are explored in this article because they contribute to the development of many ‘behavioral’ diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, both of which are known problems amongst construction workers. Qualitative data were collected from eighty project-based construction workers and mangers on six large civil engineering construction projects in Brisbane, Australia. Unanimous views were expressed by all interviewees that managers should not and do not influence food choices on-site. However, results also revealed clear examples of managers making decisions about food environments, work and time pressures and permitted and discouraged behaviours on-site that impact on food choices. These findings indicate limited awareness of healthy work environments in construction with the impact of management actions being largely unrecognised and unintended. It suggests with more informed management decision-making, eating habits in construction are likely to improve.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom611
dc.relation.ispartofpageto621
dc.relation.ispartofissue9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConstruction Management and Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilt environment and design
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode33
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode38
dc.titleThe role of line managers in creating and maintaining healthy work environments on project construction sites
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsend, Keith J.
gro.griffith.authorLoudoun, Rebecca J.


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