Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis
AbstractFacility maintenance management (FMM) is essential for ensuring long-term values and to sustain project goals throughout the life cycle delivery process. However, in underdeveloped nations such as Ethiopia, facility maintenance management is an immature and underutilised process that require...
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| author | Muluken Tilahun Desbalo Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet Hans-Joachim Bargstädt Mitiku Damtie Yehualaw |
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| description | AbstractFacility maintenance management (FMM) is essential for ensuring long-term values and to sustain project goals throughout the life cycle delivery process. However, in underdeveloped nations such as Ethiopia, facility maintenance management is an immature and underutilised process that requires a holistic intervention for practical improvement. The main aim of this study was to identify and prioritise critical factors that affect the effectiveness of FMM, with a focus on public universities in Ethiopia. Initially, a total of thirty-three (33) crucial variables were identified with a systematic literature review and desk study. To collect primary data, a survey research design approach was utilised using questionnaires and informant interviews. A total of seventy-five (75) data sets were obtained from 180 online surveys for conducting exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The outcome of the study revealed thirteen (13) critical attributes grouped into four factors that affect the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practises. The final four-factor model includes F1, internal processes and organisation; F2, community culture, learning, and growth; F3, impacts of design and construction quality; and F4, facility maintenance approach and management. This study indicated that facility maintenance management practises in public universities in Ethiopia are immature and require extensive enhancement. The identified influencing factors highlight the need for a comprehensive intervention to promote improved facility maintenance management practises and applications in Ethiopia. Further research is needed to analyse a wider range of attributes and data using confirmatory factor analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b58d446baaa454fa8ffd3398a6c772b2024-02-09T06:45:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Engineering2331-19162024-12-0111110.1080/23311916.2024.2307150Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysisMuluken Tilahun Desbalo0Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet1Hans-Joachim Bargstädt2Mitiku Damtie Yehualaw3Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaEthiopian Institute of Architecture Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaChair of Construction Engineering and Management, Bauhaus University of Weimar, GermanyFaculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaAbstractFacility maintenance management (FMM) is essential for ensuring long-term values and to sustain project goals throughout the life cycle delivery process. However, in underdeveloped nations such as Ethiopia, facility maintenance management is an immature and underutilised process that requires a holistic intervention for practical improvement. The main aim of this study was to identify and prioritise critical factors that affect the effectiveness of FMM, with a focus on public universities in Ethiopia. Initially, a total of thirty-three (33) crucial variables were identified with a systematic literature review and desk study. To collect primary data, a survey research design approach was utilised using questionnaires and informant interviews. A total of seventy-five (75) data sets were obtained from 180 online surveys for conducting exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The outcome of the study revealed thirteen (13) critical attributes grouped into four factors that affect the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practises. The final four-factor model includes F1, internal processes and organisation; F2, community culture, learning, and growth; F3, impacts of design and construction quality; and F4, facility maintenance approach and management. This study indicated that facility maintenance management practises in public universities in Ethiopia are immature and require extensive enhancement. The identified influencing factors highlight the need for a comprehensive intervention to promote improved facility maintenance management practises and applications in Ethiopia. Further research is needed to analyse a wider range of attributes and data using confirmatory factor analysis.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311916.2024.2307150Facility maintenance management (FMM)critical factorsunderdeveloped nationspublic universitiesexploratory factor analysis (EFA)Sanjay Kumar Shukhla, Associate Professor and Program Leader, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| spellingShingle | Muluken Tilahun Desbalo Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet Hans-Joachim Bargstädt Mitiku Damtie Yehualaw Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis Cogent Engineering Facility maintenance management (FMM) critical factors underdeveloped nations public universities exploratory factor analysis (EFA) Sanjay Kumar Shukhla, Associate Professor and Program Leader, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| title | Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis |
| title_full | Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis |
| title_fullStr | Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis |
| title_short | Critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in Ethiopia: an exploratory factor analysis |
| title_sort | critical factors that influence the effectiveness of facility maintenance management practice in public university buildings in ethiopia an exploratory factor analysis |
| topic | Facility maintenance management (FMM) critical factors underdeveloped nations public universities exploratory factor analysis (EFA) Sanjay Kumar Shukhla, Associate Professor and Program Leader, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311916.2024.2307150 |
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