The Effect of the Leadership Style of Construction Project Engineers in Mashhad on Job Stress during the Covid-19 Outbreak

َAmmarlou, Mohammad; Jalali Majidi, Mohsen

doi:10.22034/cpj.2023.395313.1195

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Master of Civil Engineering, Construction Management Engineering, Tous Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

² Management department, faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/cpj.2023.395313.1195

Abstract

Quarantine and restrictions imposed on construction industries following the Covid-19 outbreak postponed construction, leading to a capital recession of engineers and occupational stress. As leaders of construction projects, engineers should be able to choose a leadership style that facilitates occupational stress management. The current descriptive study was conducted on 312 construction project engineers in Mashhad in 2022 using a simple random sampling method. The Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid. Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Schwepker and Dimitrov's job stress questionnaire (2021) were research tools. Questionnaires were prepared using the “Avalform” website, and the link to the questionnaire was sent to the engineers. The results showed participative, autocratic, conservative, and Impoverished leadership styles were the most frequently used among civil engineers, respectively. The mean score of job stress was higher in the group with autocratic leadership style than in other groups (21.23 ± 5.58), followed by participative (19.76 ± 8.01) and conservative (19.07 ± 6.82) leadership styles. Given that civil engineers most frequently used the participative leadership style, and this group experienced high job stress, future studies should focus on teaching job stress management strategies.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2676511.1401.4.12.4.8

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The Effect of the Leadership Style of Construction Project Engineers in Mashhad on Job Stress during the Covid-19 Outbreak

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Volume 4, Issue 12 - Serial Number 46
March 2023
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The Effect of the Leadership Style of Construction Project Engineers in Mashhad on Job Stress during the Covid-19 Outbreak

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Volume 4, Issue 12 - Serial Number 46March 2023Pages 49-56

Volume 4, Issue 12 - Serial Number 46
March 2023
Pages 49-56