Radzi, Afiqah R. and Rahman, Rahimi A. and Almutairi, Saud (2022) Modeling COVID-19 impacts and response strategies in the construction industry: PLS-SEM approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (9). ISSN 1660-4601, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095326.
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Policymakers are developing response strategies to reduce the impacts of COVID-19. However, developing response strategies without considering their relationships with the impacts of COVID-19 is ineffective. This study aims to model the causal relationships between COVID-19 impacts and response strategies in the construction industry, using Malaysia as a case study. To achieve this, a systematic literature review and semi-structured interviews with forty industry professionals were conducted, yielding 12 impacts and 22 response strategies. The impacts and strategies were inserted into a survey, and 107 valid responses were received. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to group the impacts and strategies. Then, partial least-squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to identify the causal relationship between the impacts and strategies. The EFA results indicate that the underlying impacts are project- or material-related, and the underlying strategies are market stability and financial aid, supply chain and project support, and information and legislation. The PLS-SEM results indicate that supply chain and project support are required to address material-related impacts, and market stability and financial aid are required to address project-related impacts. This is the first paper that models the relationships between COVID-19 impacts and response strategies in the construction industry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, through the Post-COVID-19 Special Research Grant Scheme [Grant No:RDU200705] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Construction industry; COVID-19; Pandemic impact; Pandemic response; Strategic planning |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of the Built Environment |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2023 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2023 08:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/42849 |
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