Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jack Pun, Qianwen Joyce Yu, Tom Keannu Sicuan, Michael Angelo G. Macaraeg, Joe Marc Pineda Cia
Summary: This study investigates the strategies used by non-Chinese English-speaking ethnic minority students to learn Cantonese in Hong Kong. The findings show that these students are medium strategy users, with social strategies being the most commonly used type, followed by compensation and metacognitive strategies. Proficient Cantonese users tend to use goal-oriented metacognitive strategies. The study highlights the complex interplay of sociocultural variables in shaping these students' Cantonese learning experience and emphasizes the importance of understanding Cantonese learning in a multilingual context.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Gilbert T. Chua, Cheung Lok Yan, Wilfred H. S. Wong, Siddharth Sridhar, Kelvin Kw To, Joseph Lau, Sharmila Gurung, Shalini Mahtani, Raymond Ho, Wing Sum Li, Jason Cs Yam, Jaime S. Rosa Duque, Ian C. K. Wong, Yu Lung Lau, Mike Yat Wah Kwan, Patrick Ip
Summary: This study investigated the COVID-19 vaccination rates and factors associated with vaccine acceptance among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. The results showed that 80.6% of participants were categorized as vaccine acceptance, and 69.2% were willing to be re-vaccinated. Filipinos had a higher vaccine acceptance rate compared to Indonesians. Education level, COVID-19 knowledge score, information source, and confidence in judging information accuracy were factors positively influencing vaccine acceptance.
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Hon-Kwong Lui
Summary: One of the major motivations for pursuing dreams in a host country is to have a better living situation, particularly in later life. This article examines the housing tenure of older Asian minority immigrants in an Asian global city, comparing it to that of native residents and analyzing their likelihood of living in different types of housing. The findings show that, after controlling for personal characteristics, Asian minority immigrants have the highest likelihood of living in public housing.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sainan Lyu, Carol K. H. Hon, Albert P. C. Chan, Arshad Ali Javed, Rita Peihua Zhang, Francis K. W. Wong
Summary: Previous studies have highlighted communication barriers as a major safety issue for ethnic minority (EM) workers. This study aimed to model safety communication networks of EM crews and explore their relationships with individual attributes, safety climate, near misses, and injuries. Findings showed that language proficiency, network density, and reciprocity level were key factors in distinguishing high and low safety performing EM crews. EM management received more safety information from EM workers than local management, and there was a significant relationship between the centrality of EM workers in the networks and their age, perceived safety priority, and language ability.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiangcheng Meng, Alan H. S. Chan, Lester K. H. Lui, Yongle Fang
Summary: This study investigates the main factors influencing the safety consciousness and safety citizenship behavior of construction workers, providing insights and suggestions for academic circles and industrial practitioners. The study offers a good explanation for the territorial distinction of influence factors on safety consciousness and safety citizenship behavior in Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jing Xu, Clara Cheung, Patrick Manu, Obuks Ejohwomu, Judy Too
Summary: This study aims to explore the implementation of safety leading indicators to improve safety management in the construction industry. Through a Delphi survey and voting analytic hierarchy process, the relative importance of 17 safety leading indicators was determined. The study also identified operational, organizational, and strategic barriers to the effective implementation of safety leading indicators and suggested strategies for addressing these barriers.
Article
Neurosciences
Wing-King Lee, Kwok-Leung Au Yeung, Ho-Bun Lam, Chi-Keung Wong, Ting-Chi Wong, Chi-Kin Fu, Shiu-Kow Sham, Ming-Kai Au, Tat-Chung Lam, Daniel Ki-Yan Mak
Summary: The study utilized the modified Delphi technique to develop local consensus on the use of bupropion in different psychiatric conditions in Hong Kong, with a high degree of agreement among panelists on the finalized consensus statements. The consensus statements serve as practical recommendations for medical practitioners and psychiatrists in clinical settings.
CNS NEUROSCIENCE & THERAPEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Siu Shing Man, Alan Hoi Shou Chan, Saad Alabdulkarim, Tingru Zhang
Summary: This study found that both personal factors and organizational factors have an impact on the risk-taking behavior of construction workers. Personal factors include outcome expectancy, risk perception, and attitude, while organizational factors include safety promotion policy and safety training.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Saba Asim, Elena Nichini, William Bernard Goggins, Dong Dong, Eng-King Yeoh
Summary: This study examined the maternity care experience of Pakistani ethnic minority (EM) women in Hong Kong (HK) during pregnancy, birth, and after birth. The findings revealed that almost 60% of the women were very satisfied with the overall care. However, HK born Pakistani women expressed relatively less satisfaction with care, especially during pregnancy and labor and birth. Women with conversational or fluent English-speaking ability also felt comparatively less satisfied, particularly during the intrapartum and postnatal care in hospital. Education level had a negative association with satisfaction with care during pregnancy.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Zhitian Zhang, Hongling Guo, Puzhe Gao, Yao Wang, Yihai Fang
Summary: This study aims to reveal the impact path and ability of owners' diverse management behavior on workers' safety behavior in the construction industry. Through a questionnaire survey and empirical analysis, it was found that objectives and assessments, as well as safety organization, have an indirect effect on workers' safety behavior through management practices, and workers' safety behavior also influences accident management.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Fatih Yilmaz
Summary: This research statistically evaluates the relationship between safety measures at construction sites and employees' actual and perceived knowledge levels. The study finds that employees' actual knowledge levels on occupational health and safety measures are significantly lower than their perceived knowledge levels. However, there is a positive and strong relationship between employees' actual knowledge levels and their perceived general knowledge levels. Protective measures and activities such as occupational safety experts, OHS boards, employee representatives, trainings, and information activities have a positive impact on employees' safety awareness, while low-frequency and documentation-intensive activities have weak correlations.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Keith T. S. Tung, Rosa S. Wong, Frederick K. Ho, Ko Ling Chan, Wilfred H. S. Wong, Hugo Leung, Ming Leung, Gilberto K. K. Leung, Chun Bong Chow, Patrick Ip
Summary: This study aimed to identify valid and context-specific injury indicators for the establishment of an injury surveillance program in Hong Kong. Through a modified Delphi research design, experts rated the validity and context-specificity of potential indicators, and local hospital data were examined for their applicability. The study developed a set of injury outcome indicators that can be used to monitor injury trends and burdens in Hong Kong.
JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Akansha Singh, Angel Hor Yan Lai, Jingxuan Wang, Saba Asim, Paul Shing-Fong Chan, Zixin Wang, Eng Kiong Yeoh
Summary: The study found that cultural/religious factors, individual attitudes, exposure to information on social media, and peer influence were determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among South Asians in Hong Kong.
JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ziyu Peng, Weisheng Lu, Chris Webster
Summary: This study investigates the effectiveness of a construction waste cap-and-trade scheme to reduce waste generation, using Hong Kong as a case study. The findings show that the scheme can effectively control the amount of construction waste and save costs associated with land use and landfill operations. Although the scheme increases the financial burden on firms, the government can use the revenue from permit auctions to incentivize low-waste construction.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaoting Fan, Daibing Wang, Zeng Tong, Xiaojuan Wang
Summary: The proportion of middle-aged and aging workers in the construction industry is increasing, and the death rate of aging construction workers is higher than other age groups, posing higher risks to industry safety. This study aims to identify the main safety risk factors and their effects on aging construction workers. Through questionnaire design, 6 primary and 30 secondary indexes were selected from 100 to evaluate the influence of aging construction workers on safety risks. The classification of work contents for aging workers in different age groups provides a basis for reducing safety risks.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Ting Wang, Junyan Xu, Qinghua He, Albert P. C. Chan, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu
Summary: This study reviews studies on success criteria and critical success factors for mega infrastructure construction projects (MICPs) between 2000 and 2018. The analysis of 38 journal articles reveals that Australia, USA, UK, China, and Hong Kong are the leading contributors to this field. The study identifies 20 success criteria and 36 critical success factors, which are integrated into two conceptual frameworks. Three future research implications are highlighted in terms of evaluation indicators, relationships between CSFs and the success of MICPs, and human-related factors.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, David J. Edwards
Summary: This study models the relationship between success factors and critical success criteria for sustainable housing development in Ghanaian cities. The findings reveal that 'developers enabling' factors and 'mixed-use development' factors have significant impacts on sustainable housing. 'Household-enabling' factors, although not significant, have high performance/index value on sustainable housing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Summary: This article establishes the interrelationships framework between barriers and drivers to managing a transition to a circular economy, based on a comprehensive literature review. The findings provide a reference for future research and lay a foundation for circular economy adoption and managing the transition.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sainan Lyu, Carol K. H. Hon, Albert P. C. Chan, Xiaoyan Jiang, Martin Skitmore
Summary: This study aims to improve safety communication for ethnic minority workers by identifying and analyzing the critical factors involved. A mixed research design was used, combining a literature review, interviews, and a questionnaire survey. The findings identified 18 critical safety communication factors, categorized into worker-related, manager-related, and organization-related factors. These findings can be used as a reference for other countries employing ethnic minority workers.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Fengyu Bao, Igor Martek, Albert P. C. Chan, Chuan Chen, Yang Yang, Heng Yu
Summary: This study addresses the need for evaluating the performance of handover management by establishing a definition of handover success and criteria for measurement.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Chenjunyan Sun, Carol K. H. Hon, Kirsten A. Way, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Bo Xia, Paul Pao-Yen Wu
Summary: A Bayesian network model was developed to assess the influence of psychosocial hazards on mental health in the construction industry. Results showed that poor physical environment, contract pressure, and lack of coworker support were important factors in determining the probability of other psychosocial hazards. Lack of job control, lack of coworker support, role ambiguity, role conflict, and lack of supervisor support were found to have the greatest impact on mental health. Managing a targeted subset of psychosocial hazards was found to be beneficial for improving mental health.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Qingwen Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Guanbao Ye, Yan Xu, Albert P. C. Chan
Summary: A plane strain conversion method for CCG column-reinforced foundation is proposed, which simplifies the numerical simulation process and saves computation resources. The validity of the method is verified by comparing it with 3D numerical simulation results and field data. This method provides an easy and efficient way to simulate the consolidation behavior of CCG column-reinforced foundation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Turgut Acikara, Bo Xia, Tan Yigitcanlar, Carol Hon
Summary: Disasters are sudden and catastrophic events with fatal consequences. Time-sensitive information collection from disaster zones is crucial for improved and data-driven disaster response. However, information collection from disaster zones in a prompt way is not easy or even possible. Human-centric information provided by citizen sensors through social media platforms create an opportunity for prompt information collection from disaster zones. There is, nevertheless, limited scholarly work that provides a comprehensive review on the potential of social media analytics for disaster response.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fan Zhang, Albert P. C. Chan, Dezhi Li
Summary: In high-density cities, it is necessary to provide safe egress plans for the elderly living in mid-rise or high-rise residential buildings. This study proposes an agent-based egress model evaluation for the elderly under different urgent-level circumstances. The evaluation takes into consideration absolute and relative indicators to assess building egress safety and provide valuable references for old home buyers. The evaluation approach also offers a tool for designers to improve design schemes for safer egress and assist property managers in updating egress plans and facilities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Carol K. H. Hon, Chenjunyan Sun, Kirsten A. Way, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Bo Xia, Herbert C. Biggs
Summary: This study used a phenomenological approach to examine psychosocial hazards and their effects on mental health in the construction industry. Through interviews with site-based construction practitioners in Australia, 18 psychosocial hazards were identified, including 6 new contributions unique to the construction context. The significance of this research lies in enriching the understanding of mental health in construction and providing control measures to address mental health issues.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaowei Wang, Yang Yang, Albert P. C. Chan, Hung-lin Chi, Esther H. K. Yung
Summary: This study aims to develop a multi-dimensional regulatory framework for using unmanned aircrafts (UAs) in the construction industry. By comparing seven selected national/regional UA regulations and conducting interview surveys, it was found that the current regulations fail to address some challenges of construction-related UA operations. A regulatory framework was then proposed based on the findings of the comparative analysis and interview surveys.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Samaneh Azimi, Carol K. H. Hon, Tanja Tyvimaa, Martin Skitmore
Summary: Low-income housing has a significant role in reducing energy use, but barriers persist for low-income households to participate in energy efficiency programs. Previous research studies have primarily focused on homeowners, limiting the applicability of findings to low-income households. This study aims to identify and evaluate energy efficiency barriers faced by low-income households. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 212 low-income households in Australia, and the results indicate financial barriers as the most highly rated.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Amir Naser Ghanbaripour, Roksana Jahan Tumpa, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Weiwei Zhang, Parinaz Yousefian, Ranka Novak Camozzi, Carol Hon, Nima Talebian, Tingting Liu, Mina Hemmati
Summary: Despite efforts to attract and retain women in the construction industry in Australia, it remains heavily male-dominated and women are underrepresented numerically and hierarchically. This research conducts a systematic literature review to explore the factors that influence women's careers and experiences in the Australian construction industry. The findings reveal that long work hours, gendered culture, limited career development opportunities, and negative perceptions of women's abilities are the main issues causing women to leave the industry.
Article
Business
Samuel Frimpong, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Cynthia Changxin Wang, Elijah Frimpong Boadu, Ayirebi Dansoh, Carol K. H. Hon, Tak Wing Yiu
Summary: Research on young construction workers' mental health has primarily focused on negative mental health issues while neglecting positive mental health. Studies mainly use theories and conceptual frameworks to measure the prevalence of symptoms of negative mental health and identify associated variables, without considering positive mental health.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Management
Mershack O. Tetteh, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, Gabriel Nani
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)