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Human resource management in the construction industry – Sustainability competencies

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Human resource management in the construction industry – Sustainability competencies
 
Creator Siew, Renard Yung Jhien
 
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Sustainability competencies; Human resource management; Construction
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Description While environmental sustainability has been the subject of much debate in the last decade, it was not until recently that attention started to shift towards human resource management as an enabler for sustainability.  Yet, this is still a relatively under researched area.  Much is still unknown about the role of an individual worker in contributing towards sustainable development.  This paper addresses the gap by proposing a framework to measure sustainability competencies of employees within the construction industry sector.  As part of the framework, four proficiency levels together with relevant descriptions are defined for a total of eight sustainability competencies.  Suggested proficiency levels are then mapped to main construction related jobs based on the framework.  An example is also given to illustrate the manner in which competencies should be assessed.  This framework is original and of practical use to construction managers and human resource practitioners.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2014-06-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed invited commentry
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3957
10.5130/AJCEB.v14i2.3957
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 14, No 2 (2014): AJCEB; 87-103
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3957/4058
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Renard Yung Jhien Siew
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0