TY  - CONF
TI  - Worker Involvement Strategies in Construction: Insights From the Lean Literature
C1  - Lille, France
C3  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
SP  - 905
EP  - 916
PY  - 2023
DO  - 10.24928/2023/0160
AU  - Peinado, Hugo Sefrian
AU  - Costa, Dayana Bastos
AD  - PhD Student, Structural and Construction Engineering Department, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BR,  hugospeinado@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-7868-0219 
AD  - Associate Professor, Structural and Construction Engineering Department, Federal University of Bahia,  Salvador, BR, dayanabcosta@ufba.br, orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-6401 
AB  - The Human-centric approach concept establishes that human needs must be at the center of the production process. Human needs models propose a sense of belonging among these necessities since people require appreciation, collaboration, and involvement. In this work, the Employee Involvement (EI) concept relies on developing the workers’ sense of belonging to the organization and allowing these workers to change the work environment. Despite the potential contributions, papers systematizing EI strategies in the construction industry were not found in the literature. Therefore, this paper aims to identify worker involvement strategies in construction based on the EI concept in the Lean Construction literature. The research method adopted was a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). A total of 12 papers were considered eligible for this review. 12 EI strategies were identified and analyzed based on three constructs: upskilling workers, communication, and autonomy for decision-making. The results reveal that there are still few empirical studies. Furthermore, the strategies are based on the managers’ and researchers’ points of view, not considering the workers’ points of view. However, the presented strategies and discussion might be considered in elaborating and implementing the HC approach for construction. A set of questions was elaborated to support future research. 
KW  - Employee empowerment
KW  - Employee participation
KW  - Industry 5.0
KW  - Lean construction 4.0.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
DA  - 2023/06/26
CY  - Lille, France
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2099/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2099
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -