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@CONFERENCE{Hatoum2022,
author={Hatoum, Makram Bou  and Ammar, Ashtarout  and Nassereddine, Hala  and Dadi, Gabriel  },
editor={ },
title={Preparing Construction Employers for the Gen-Z Workforce: A Case Study}, 
journal={Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)}, 
booktitle={Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)}, 
year={2022},
pages={808-819},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2009},
doi={10.24928/2022/0193},
affiliation={Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA,  mbh.93@uky.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-3941. ; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, ashtarout.ammar@uky.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-9656-4761.  ; Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, hala.nassereddine@uky.edu, orcid.org/0000-0001-7952-5034. ;  Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, gabe.dadi@uky.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-3598. },
abstract={The construction industry has been facing many challenges in the recent years such as labour shortage, aging workforce, productivity decline, and resistance to change. These challenges have pushed both practitioners and academicians to investigate and invest in new transformations that can alter the industry’s traditional business-as-usual model. To successfully address the challenges and create an industry that successfully adapts to and fits in the changing environment, construction employers must prioritize attracting, recruiting, and retaining the new workforce generation. Thus, it becomes important to understand the expectations that construction students are looking for in organizations after graduation. Such studies are still missing, notably on Generation-Z and the construction industry in USA. This paper attempts to fill the gap through providing the first case study on Gen-Z students graduating from of the state of Kentucky and wanting to join the construction industry. A total of 51 students were surveyed and asked to evaluate the importance of 27 factors when accepting a job offer, describe their ideal workplace, and elaborate on whether the COVID-19 pandemic shifted their perspective on the workplace. Findings of this paper can help construction employers in and around the state of Kentucky in preparing for the Generation-Z workforce. },
author_keywords={The construction industry has been facing many challenges in the recent years such as labour shortage, aging workforce, productivity decline, and resistance to change. These  challenges have pushed both practitioners and academicians to investigate and invest in  new transformations that can alter the industry’s traditional business-as-usual model. To  successfully address the challenges and create an industry that successfully adapts to and  fits in the changing environment, construction employers must prioritize attracting,  recruiting, and retaining the new workforce generation. Thus, it becomes important to  understand the expectations that construction students are looking for in organizations  after graduation. Such studies are still missing, notably on Generation-Z and the  construction industry in USA. This paper attempts to fill the gap through providing the  first case study on Gen-Z students graduating from of the state of Kentucky and wanting  to join the construction industry. A total of 51 students were surveyed and asked to  evaluate the importance of 27 factors when accepting a job offer, describe their ideal  workplace, and elaborate on whether the COVID-19 pandemic shifted their perspective  on the workplace. Findings of this paper can help construction employers in and around the state of Kentucky in preparing for the Generation-Z workforce. },
address={Edmonton, Canada },
issn={2309-0979 },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}