Social Sustainability in Construction Projects—A Systematic Review of Assessment Indicators and Taxonomy Rostamnezhad, M and Thaheem, Jamal 2022, Social Sustainability in Construction Projects—A Systematic Review of Assessment Indicators and Taxonomy, Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1-23, doi: 10.3390/su14095279. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads thaheem-socialsustainabilityin-.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.18MB 0 Title Social Sustainability in Construction Projects—A Systematic Review of Assessment Indicators and Taxonomy Author(s) Rostamnezhad, M Thaheem, Jamal orcid.org/0000-0001-6092-7842 Journal name Sustainability Volume number 14 Issue number 9 Article ID 5279 Start page 1 End page 23 Total pages 23 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2022-04 ISSN 2071-1050 2071-1050 Keyword(s) ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BARRIERS construction projects content analysis CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING ENABLERS Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Environmental Studies framework Green & Sustainable Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE PROCUREMENT Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics social sustainability STAKEHOLDERS SUPPLY CHAIN systematic literature review thematic analysis Summary Despite its importance and appeal, the social dimension of sustainability in construction projects is less explored and lacks a comprehensive and standardized framework. This diminishes the holistic view of sustainability. The existing customized frameworks make the selection of factors challenging across different contexts. Eventually, the practitioners have to pick and choose the factors. This reduces the reliability of social sustainability assessments and makes them a procedural challenge. To fill this gap, the current review synthesizes a framework of social sustainability for construction projects. For this purpose, a systematic review of the literature published until 2021 is performed. The indicators are extracted from the selected 22 papers and their content is analyzed to check for similarities. The final set of 76 factors is synthesized into an assessment framework through a thematic analysis based on a bottom-up approach. The framework is organized into 7 enablers or themes, 27 indicators, and 76 sub-indicators. The enablers of social sustainability are stakeholder, safety and health, human resource development, project, industry, community, and government. The framework provides a comprehensive and precise view of social sustainability which can be leveraged to ensure better planning and sustainable development of construction projects. Language eng DOI 10.3390/su14095279 Field of Research 12 Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30167252 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 16:18:25 EST Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 16:19:39 EST Fri, 29 Apr 2022, 08:19:45 EST Fri, 29 Apr 2022, 08:24:05 EST Mon, 02 May 2022, 16:16:12 EST Wed, 18 May 2022, 16:49:20 EST Tue, 02 Aug 2022, 12:56:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 28 Apr 2022, 16:19:39 EST