Citation

Takim R, Talib IFA, Nawawi AH. Procedia Soc. Behav. Sci. 2016; 234: 28-35.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.216

PMID

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Abstract

In the last decade, both natural and man-made disaster events in Malaysia bring hindrance to construction firms' operations. Disaster events causing stress, anxiety and depression among people which leads to lose of working days. This research reports on psychosocial environment factors to private construction firms in the event of disaster. A semi-structured interviews were conducted among six (6) construction firms and the data were analysed using content analysis. The findings revealed that three (3) psychosocial environment factors (i.e., job characteristics; role in organisations; and social aspects) affected by man-made disasters; while job prospect and organisational factors distressed by natural disasters.

Language: en

Keywords

Man-made disaster; natural disaster; private construction firms; psychosocial environment factors