PESTEL analysis of mental health management of project management practitioners (PMPs) in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) project organization
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
ISSN: 2046-6099
Article publication date: 22 August 2022
Issue publication date: 21 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) project organizations are under constant pressure to improve the mental health of project management practitioners (PMPs) due to complexity and dynamism involved in project management practices. Drawing on institutional theory, this research explores how external environmental factors, political factors, economic factors, social factors, technological factors, environmental factors and legal factors (PESTEL), influence mental health management indicators that contribute to positive mental health.
Design/methodology/approach
Purposive sampling method was used to collect survey data from 82 PMPs in 60 AEC firms in Australia. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypotheses based on 82 items of data collected from PMPs.
Findings
Overall, this study revealed interesting findings on the impact of external environmental factors on mental health. The hypothesized positive association between political factors and mental health management indicators was rejected. The data supported the proposed hypothetical correlation between economic factors and mental health management indicators and the influence of social factors on mental health management indicators. Moreover, a hypothetical relationship between technological factors and mental health management indicators was supported. The significant positive impact of environmental factors on mental health management indicators proposed was supported, and legal factors’ positive correlation on mental health management indicators was also supported.
Originality/value
Despite the limitations, the present findings suggest that all the external environment factors except political factors shape mental health management outcomes.
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Acknowledgements
This study is based on research supported by Western Sydney University PhD research scholarship scheme.
Citation
Tijani, B., Jin, X.-H. and Osei-Kyei, R. (2023), "PESTEL analysis of mental health management of project management practitioners (PMPs) in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) project organization", Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 1002-1030. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-04-2022-0074
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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