Mapping site-based construction workers’ motivation: Expectancy theory approach

Ghoddousi, Parviz; Bahrami, Nima; Chileshe, Nicholas; Hosseini, M. Reza

doi:10.5130/ajceb.v14i1.3712

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“…This result is in line with Aiyetan and Olotuah (2006) that Nigeria construction workers are motivated by financial reward. Similar study in Iran by Ghoddousi (2014); Ogunlana and Chang (1998) in Thailand gave the same result. However, Ogunlana and Chang (1998) linked this result to the economy of these nations.…”

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Application of Motivation in Nigeria Construction Industry: Factor Analysis Approach

Funso¹,

Sammy²,

Gerryshom³

2016

IJEF

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Motivation application by industry players is expedient for effective workforce towards meeting organisation goal. This study identified motivation variables in accordance with Herzberg theory. This was used to survey factors that influence supervisors' productivity as well as determining its application by contractors in Nigeria construction firms. Quantitative research design approach was employed with same questionnaire to supervisors and contractors. 174 questionnaires were administered to supervisors and 105 was filled and returned which constitute 60% success rate. Moreover, 16 questionnaires were administered to contractors and 12 was filled and returned which constitute 75% success rate. Analysis was done by descriptive statistics and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The outcome reveals that supervisors are mostly motivated by job security with mean score of 4.11 and standard deviation of .95 and least motivated by overtime with mean value of 2.82 and standard deviation of 1.14. Moreover, the most potent factor influencing their productivity is financial reward. However, the analysis of contractors' application of motivation reveals that they operate non financial reward. The paper recommends relating motivation application to workers needs as a way of enhancing productivity in the sector. Furthermore, enactment of employment protection legislations for job security should be enhanced to guide against arbitrary dismissal or retrenchment in the sector.

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confidence: 74%

Application of Motivation in Nigeria Construction Industry: Factor Analysis Approach

Funso¹,

Sammy²,

Gerryshom³

2016

IJEF

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“…This conforms to previous studies that INT is a predominant motivation for actualising green building projects and related practices (Cheung, et al, 2016;Ghoddousi, et al, 2014;Murtagh, et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 68%

“…As for the limited effect of external motivation in Iran, it was attributed to local construction industry issues in the country. For instance, construction workers are irregularly paid, and sometimes delayed in Iran, and thus they have faint hope in external motivations, especially the financial ones (Ghoddousi, et al, 2014). This study indicates that the settings in a construction industry, in terms of how agreements are honoured, the level of ethics, professionalism and formality contribute to the influence (effect size) of external motivation.…”

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Motivating Project Owners to Increase Their Commitment towards Improving the Delivery Performance of Green Building Projects

Olanipekun¹

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“…The Vroom's theory has proved his utility in analysing the motivational factors at the workplace (Regis, Falk, & Dias, 2008;Kanfer, 1990;Ghoddousi, Bahrami, Chileshe & Hosseini, 2014). Chiang & Jang (2008) proposed an adapted version of the expectancy theory for the investigation of work motivation.…”

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Jordanian Health Employees’ Job Satisfaction. A Vroom Theory Investigation

Davidescu¹

2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The National health strategy in Jordan for 2015-2019 has the objective of building a viable health care system, utilizing both public and private service providers and improving the quality of health services by implementing a national health services accreditation program. Human resources are the main drivers for achieving the needs of citizens optimally and a special attention need to be granted to managing these resources in order to raise the productivity of the health sector.In this context, the paper aims to prove the validity of Vroom's expectancy theory on six Jordanian both public and private hospitals having as main purpose the main determinants of employee motivation. According to Vroom's theory, the motivation is regarded as function of three distinct perceptions: expectancy, instrumentality, and valence. The study aims to test the hypotheses that each componentexpectancy, extrinsic instrumentality, intrinsic instrumentality, extrinsic valence and intrinsic valence have a positive effect on employee motivation using data from 325 health workers (doctors and nurses). The results show that from all five components, three of them best explains the process of motivating hospital employees-expectancy, extrinsic instrumentality and intrinsic valence.The results of the study emphasised the influential role of intrinsic factors comparative with the extrinsic factors, highlighting the importance of intrinsic factors on increasing the level of motivation of Jordanian employees.

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Mapping site-based construction workers’ motivation: Expectancy theory approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 74 publications

Application of Motivation in Nigeria Construction Industry: Factor Analysis Approach

Application of Motivation in Nigeria Construction Industry: Factor Analysis Approach

Motivating Project Owners to Increase Their Commitment towards Improving the Delivery Performance of Green Building Projects

Jordanian Health Employees’ Job Satisfaction. A Vroom Theory Investigation

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