Suicide in the construction industry: Literature review

Urgent needs to tackle the pervasiveness of suicide in the construction industry due to economic and social consequences sparked burst in literature to address the root causes and intervention for suicide. To comprehend the current state of art of suicide in the construction industry, systematic review becomes the viable option. Despite this, there is scanty study on systematic review of suicide in the construction industry. Therefore, this paper aims to systematically review 28 extant studies on suicide in the construction industry from 1992 to 2021 (years inclusive) to reveal the current state of art in the subject area. The study deduced that previous studies focused on risk factors for suicide, economic cost of suicide and suicide interventions in the construction industry. Theoretically, the findings contribute to the body of literature by revealing the limitation in the identified risk factors for suicide, economic cost of suicide and suicide intervention to unpack future studies on suicide risk factors, optimum investment in suicide and theoretical model on relationships between suicide risk, suicide interventions and suicide in the construction industry. To the practitioners, the identified risk factors can be used to develop psychosocial risk management for suicide, economic cost to determine the optimum financial investment for suicide prevention and suicide interventions to reduce suicide rate among construction workers.