Improving skilled workers’ performance in construction projects in Nigeria
Skilled workers’ performance is one of the crucial aspects of labour productivity that requires proper attention for effective projects delivery in the construction industry. The level of skilled workers’ low performance has been seen to be a major factor which contributes toward inefficient constru...
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9567/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9567/1/ZANNAH_ALHAJI_ALI.pdf |
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| Summary: | Skilled workers’ performance is one of the crucial aspects of labour productivity that
requires proper attention for effective projects delivery in the construction industry. The
level of skilled workers’ low performance has been seen to be a major factor which
contributes toward inefficient construction projects productivity. Therefore, the objectives
of this research are to identify the causes of low skilled workers’ performance in
construction projects and to recommend ways to improve skilled workers’ performance
in construction projects in the Nigeria. The objectives were achieved through a structured
quantitative method of questionnaire distributed to 150 responents from project manager,
project engineer, site engineer and site supervision that are active in the Nigerian
construction and 111 of the response were collected which was 74% of the response rate.
The data were collected and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
version 22.0. Mean ranking and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used as tools to
analyse the data. The findings shows that; low wages of skilled, lack of sufficient skill
acquisition centres and lack of incentive schemes for skilled workers were the most
significant causes of low skilled workers’ performance in the Nigerian construction
industry. Similarly, proper supervision, supply of quality plants and equipment and good
wages for skilled workers were the most significant ways to improve skilled workers’
performance in the Nigerian construction industry. The homogenous analysis indicates
that there are significant differences in perception of respondents on few variables whereas
majority of respondents have similarities in most of the variables. The research findings
confirmed that, stakeholders in the Nigerian construction industry should strategise on
motivation, training and retraining, conducive working condition, supply of quality
materials and equipment, and proper site management in order improve skilled workers’
performance in Nigerian construction industry. |
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