Background

There is a significant gap relating to studies that examine the issue of site based managers and supervisors regarding their health and well-being.

Aims

To investigate the relationship between workload intensification and the self-report health and well-being status of the site based managers and supervisors to ascertain the level of increased risk.

Methods

A single questionnaire was provided and distributed to 14 contractor organisation with a potential 750 respondents, with a response rate of 14.1% (n = 46 out of a reduced n = 488 of potential respondents). The questionnaire was also promoted on the IOSH construction web-site and through a health and safety consultancy client base and this increased the sample size (n = 46). Total respondents (n = 114). Odds Ratio (OR) calculations were performed to examine the relationship between the variables and health and well-being.

Results

The findings revealed an increased risk to poor health and well-being where workload intensification aspects i.e. unrealistic project programme timescales were being experienced.

Conclusions

The study highlighted further that a significant research programme is needed to explore the full extent of this underlying and potentially damaging problem. This can only be achieved with the full co-operation of the industry stakeholders.

Key words; Construction, managers/supervisors, work intensification, well-being, workload.