Identification of measures for sustainable labor performance of on-site construction labor to improve national sustainable growth

Construction is a project based industry which continues to be a labor intensive, construction labor productivity is of great interest to practitioner and researchers because it is the foremost determinant of profitability and performance of most construction contractors. This paper systematically reviews the literature with the purpose to develop a framework and suggests the measures for evaluating the sustainable labor performance of construction contractors. The paper measures sustainable labor performance as a function of labor economic, social and environmental growth. A total of 55 relevant academic publications were reviewed to short list the measures that influence the sustainable construction labor performance growth. The purpose of the framework is to improve the sustainable labor performance with outcome oriented measures, rather than input measures, which provides the greater liberty for the construction contractors to apply subjective management strategies for construction processes. This research will help the construction contractors and research community to better understand and measure the factors affecting sustainable labor performance of contractors both from the perspective of labor and the contractor. The labor performance measures are aligned with the national socio-economic progress measures which will more effectively direct the future efforts to improve sustainable construction labor performance and national growth.