Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects
Organization performance is becoming ever more dependent on employee loyalty in the international construction projects. However, the improvement of construction labour loyalty on construction sites remains a largely neglected measure for reducing their turnover and improving their productivity. Th...
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| author | Weina Zhu Ruochen Zeng Xiaodong Li Yi Zhu Zhihui Zhang |
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| description | Organization performance is becoming ever more dependent on employee loyalty in the international construction projects. However, the improvement of construction labour loyalty on construction sites remains a largely neglected measure for reducing their turnover and improving their productivity. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively investigate the managerial drivers of labour loyalty, including macro-environment of the project host country, organizational living environment, job system, rewards, and communication, and to explore the significance of satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between the managerial drivers and construction labour loyalty. First, hypotheses on the relationships between construction labour loyalty, satisfaction and the five managerial drivers were proposed. Second, structural equation modelling was adopted to test these hypotheses. Finally, the results demonstrated two types of influence paths: (1) macro-environment, job system and communication have significantly direct effects on construction labour loyalty, (2) mediated by satisfaction, organizational living environment and rewards offer positive indirect effects on construction labour loyalty. The first type of path serves as a long-term strategic orientation for improving labour loyalty. The second type of path is a tactic for short-term goals of labour loyalty enhancement. The research results can contribute to the body of knowledge of human resource management and the practice of enhancing labour productivity through improving construction labour loyalty in the context of international construction projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e61b8fd77fd4ecdbc63ede78f88bb662022-12-21T23:13:15ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Civil Engineering and Management1392-37301822-36052017-11-0123810.3846/13923730.2017.1381644Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projectsWeina Zhu0Ruochen Zeng1Xiaodong Li2Yi Zhu3Zhihui Zhang4Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing 100084, ChinaM.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing 100084, ChinaDepartment of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing 100084, China; HUARONG RONGDE ASSET MANAGEMNET CO., LTD, Beijing 100033, ChinaHUARONG RONGDE ASSET MANAGEMNET CO., LTD, Beijing 100033, ChinaOrganization performance is becoming ever more dependent on employee loyalty in the international construction projects. However, the improvement of construction labour loyalty on construction sites remains a largely neglected measure for reducing their turnover and improving their productivity. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively investigate the managerial drivers of labour loyalty, including macro-environment of the project host country, organizational living environment, job system, rewards, and communication, and to explore the significance of satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between the managerial drivers and construction labour loyalty. First, hypotheses on the relationships between construction labour loyalty, satisfaction and the five managerial drivers were proposed. Second, structural equation modelling was adopted to test these hypotheses. Finally, the results demonstrated two types of influence paths: (1) macro-environment, job system and communication have significantly direct effects on construction labour loyalty, (2) mediated by satisfaction, organizational living environment and rewards offer positive indirect effects on construction labour loyalty. The first type of path serves as a long-term strategic orientation for improving labour loyalty. The second type of path is a tactic for short-term goals of labour loyalty enhancement. The research results can contribute to the body of knowledge of human resource management and the practice of enhancing labour productivity through improving construction labour loyalty in the context of international construction projects.http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/1261international construction projectsconstruction labourloyaltymanagerial driversstructural equation modelling |
| spellingShingle | Weina Zhu Ruochen Zeng Xiaodong Li Yi Zhu Zhihui Zhang Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects Journal of Civil Engineering and Management international construction projects construction labour loyalty managerial drivers structural equation modelling |
| title | Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| title_full | Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| title_fullStr | Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| title_short | Managerial drivers of Chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| title_sort | managerial drivers of chinese labour loyalty in international construction projects |
| topic | international construction projects construction labour loyalty managerial drivers structural equation modelling |
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