Problems influencing craftsmen's productivity in Nigeria

Olomolaiye, Paul; Wahab, Kunle Ade; Price, Andrew D.F.

doi:10.1016/0360-1323(87)90024-2

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“…It means that there is lack of common reference point in establishing these factors, and this study is a suggestion in this respect. Out of Turkey studies (Olomolaiye et al 1987;Kaming et al 1997;Zakeri et al 1997;Kaming et al 1998a;Kaming et al 1998b;Sonmez, Rowings 1998;Ng et al 2004) investigated the factors influencing labour productivity without any classification. In the survey of Rojas and Aramvareekul (2003) which is the unique exception in this regard; although classified, very limited factors were examined.…”

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“…The productivity of this type of workers whose abilities and socio-cultural backgrounds vary in a wide spectrum is naturally affected by many factors. Poor productivity of craftsmen was quoted as one of the most daunting human resource prob-lems in developing countries by Olomolaiye et al (1987) and Kaming et al (1997). Frequently construction labour efficiency was cited as poor in the US as well (Adrian 1987).…”

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Effect of Basic Motivational Factors on Construction Workforce Productivity in Turkey/Pagrindinių Motyvacijos Veiksnių Įtaka Statybos Produktyvumui Turkijoje

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Manisalı

Ulubeyli

2008

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract. Human resource today has a strategic role for productivity increase of any organization, and this makes it superior in the industrial competition. With the effective and optimum usage of it, all the advantages supplied by the productivity growth can be obtained. This usage is just possible by establishing clear and understandable criteria for the factors affecting labour. Therefore, it is aimed in this study that the factors influencing construction labour productivity in Turkey are determined, defined, and examined in detail. A survey was applied to 82 firms to obtain required data. According to results, the most effective factors group is organizational factors.

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Effect of Basic Motivational Factors on Construction Workforce Productivity in Turkey/Pagrindinių Motyvacijos Veiksnių Įtaka Statybos Produktyvumui Turkijoje

Kazaz

Manisalı

Ulubeyli

2008

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

200

146

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“…Formula used by (Olomolaiye et al, 1987;Shash, 1993) was used to compute the relative importance index (RII) to rank the effect of each factor on the competency of masons. Mean of the RII of the factors belonging to each category yielded the RII of the respective categories.…”

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Effects of skills, motivation, and personality traits on the competency of masons

Choudhry

Zafar

2017

IJSRECE

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Abstract:Incompetency of masons is a problem because they execute many construction activities. This imparts the need to identify factors that affect the competency of masons on construction sites. Factors related to motivation, skills and personality traits are identified. A questionnaire instrument consisting of 15 factors related to the three categories was forwarded to masons on construction projects. Responses collected on a five-point Likert scale were analysed for relative importance index (RII), which was used as the basis for ranking the factors. 'Resistance to change', 'lack of appreciation', and 'lack of formal training' were identified as the first, second, and third most important factors affecting the competency of masons on construction projects. The impact of the category of motivation was found to be the highest on the competency of masons, followed by skills, and personality traits. These findings may be utilised as an assessment tool for determining the competency of masons and identifying areas that need improvements.Keywords: masons; competency; performance; skills; motivation; personality traits.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Choudhry, R.M. and Zafar, B. (2017) has demonstrated a strong interest in improving the efficiency, productivity and safety of construction projects. He has published 81 papers in refereed journals and conferences.Bilal Zafar is a graduate student in the

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“…are factors which propel modern societies to support clean, sustainable and renewable energy (Douglas and Gordon, 2010).Hence, American countries and then European countries included creation of eco-friendly environments as their administrative plans in their tremendous governmental programs in order to protect urban environment and first established this strategy at universities (Olomolaiye et al, 2007). Except activities associated with constructing multi-purposes public green spaces, no exclusive activity have been conducted yet to reduce carbon emissions in Iran (Siadat, 2013).…”

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Prioritizing the Most Important Factors in the Design of Spatial Structure of Schools Based on Leed Standards

Fadakari¹,

Bavandian²

2016

TOJDAC

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In order to achieve spatial configuration of schools focusing on sustainability based on LEED certification, this paper attempted to identify criteria and indicators of this standard for measuring sustainability and then, it prioritized them using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).In this paper, to explain priorities of the most important factors in design of schools based on LEED standards, main criteria for decision-making and Analytic Hierarchy Process included five items of site sustainability, efficiency of water, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, quality of indoor air, and innovation and creativity in design with spatial fluidity and fluency in regard with planning and design guidelines set by LEED. The results showed that main five identified criteria can be listed in order of priority as efficiency of water, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, site sustainability, innovation and creativity in design with spatial fluidity and fluency, and quality of indoor air, respectively.

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Problems influencing craftsmen's productivity in Nigeria

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Effect of Basic Motivational Factors on Construction Workforce Productivity in Turkey/Pagrindinių Motyvacijos Veiksnių Įtaka Statybos Produktyvumui Turkijoje

Effect of Basic Motivational Factors on Construction Workforce Productivity in Turkey/Pagrindinių Motyvacijos Veiksnių Įtaka Statybos Produktyvumui Turkijoje

Effects of skills, motivation, and personality traits on the competency of masons

Prioritizing the Most Important Factors in the Design of Spatial Structure of Schools Based on Leed Standards

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