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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Effect of Thermal Towards Human Perception of Malaysian Construction Workers Through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Authors : Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Raemy Md Zein, Muhamad Mat Noor, Hidayat Hamid, Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Darliana Mohamad, Nor Kamaliana Khamis

Published in: Human-Centered Technology for a Better Tomorrow

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Abstract

In tropical developing countries, the workers in the construction industries are facing with high risk of thermal stress. As global temperature is estimated to be increased year by years thus constituted significant negative impacts to the workers at construction industry in Malaysia. Therefore the objective of this research paper is to highlight the findings on the perceptions of Malaysian construction workers towards the significant impact of thermal to their life. Utilizing structured questionnaire survey, there were 292 respondents response were gathered throughout Malaysian construction sector. The method of data collection used in this study is through online surveys by using Google Forms. The data have been analyzed through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and by using SPSS software Version 24 as well as Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis techniques using the SmartPLS 3.0 software. The findings indicated that the variable heat stress, task performance, and behavior among construction workers’ could affect significantly the human performance.

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Metadata
Title
The Effect of Thermal Towards Human Perception of Malaysian Construction Workers Through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
Authors
Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
Nor Kamilah Makhtar
Raemy Md Zein
Muhamad Mat Noor
Hidayat Hamid
Nurul Husna Che Hassan
Darliana Mohamad
Nor Kamaliana Khamis
Copyright Year
2022
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Human-Centered Technology for a Better Tomorrow

Print ISBN: 978-981-16-4114-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-4115-2

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4115-2_57