Liang, H and Shi, X (2022) Exploring the structure and emerging trends of construction health management: A bibliometric review and content analysis. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 29(4), pp. 1861-1889. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: The demanding nature of construction industry poses serious health risks to construction workers. In recent years, construction health management (CHM) has gained much attention to ensure a healthier and safer workplace. However, there is still lack of a systematic review to bring together the disaggregated studies and determine the development status of this research field. As essential for addressing health issues in construction industry, a bibliometric and content-based review on of previous CHM studies would be presented in this paper. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 753 journal articles published in Web of Science core collection from 1990 to 2020 were examined using a systematic review. Bibliometric analysis concentrated on the analysis of publication and citation pattern of CHM research while content analysis was employed to identify main health hazards, levels of analysis and topical focuses. Findings: The results indicated that the USA was the leading country in this research domain. Five health hazards together with 17 research topics at different levels of analysis were classified to allow researchers to track the structure and temporal evolution of the research field. Finally, three emerging trends and a set of research agenda were proposed to guide future research directions. Originality/value: It is the first to highlight the issues of occupational health management from the perspective of construction workers. It contributes to the field of construction health management by clarifying the knowledge structure, emerging trends and future research directions. It offers valuable guidance and in-depth understanding to researchers, practitioners and policymakers to further promote construction workers' health performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometric analysis; construction workers; content analysis; emerging trends; occupational health management |
| Index terms: | journal, occupational health, research agenda, systematic literature review, construction industry, construction worker, publication, health risk, content analysis, bibliometric analysis, practitioner, health hazard, evolution, science, methodology |
| Subjects: | research dissemination and communication, environmental science, research evaluation and metrics, occupational health and safety management, industry analysis, environmental health, research management, practitioner, environmental hazards, data analysis and analytics, specialized education, research methods |
| Topics: | Information Management, Research Practice, Education, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here