Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria
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| author | Henry Ndubuisi Onukwube Reuben Iyagba |
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";" lang="EN-GB">Abstract</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";" lang="EN-GB">Job performance is considered one of the most important constructs in human resources management because it helps to explain the value and utility that each employee adds to the organisation. The professionals in the Nigerian construction companies are not exception to the perceived low job performance rate within the industry. Extant literature points to the fact that job characteristics of employees can account for variance in their job performance rate.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This study compares the job performance rate and job characteristics of construction professionals in indigenous and expatriate construction companies with a view to establish a relationship between job performance and job characteristics of construction professionals. A total of 762 questionnaires were collected and used for the study. <span> </span>Eighty one (81) construction companies, 50 (62%) indigenous and 31 (38%) expatriate were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data collected were analysed using mean item score, spearman rank correlation, linear regression analysis where appropriate. Findings of the study revealed that the relationship between job characteristics and job performance of construction professionals in construction companies in Nigeria is positive but low and the correlation coefficient is higher in expatriate construction companies. Based on the above finding, the study recommends that construction companies in Nigeria should endeavour and improve on their current core job dimensions (task significance, skill variety, task identity, autonomy and feedback) inherent in various jobs designed within their respective organizations as this will constitute as one of the variants that will improve the job performance rate of construction professionals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-926069011f25440e9b1e3ed0d79ec5562022-12-21T20:31:34ZengUTS ePRESSAustralasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building1835-63541837-91332011-06-01112718310.5130/ajceb.v11i2.18171427Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in NigeriaHenry Ndubuisi Onukwube0Reuben Iyagba1University of Lagos NigeriaUniversity of Lagos Nigeria<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";" lang="EN-GB">Abstract</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";" lang="EN-GB">Job performance is considered one of the most important constructs in human resources management because it helps to explain the value and utility that each employee adds to the organisation. The professionals in the Nigerian construction companies are not exception to the perceived low job performance rate within the industry. Extant literature points to the fact that job characteristics of employees can account for variance in their job performance rate.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This study compares the job performance rate and job characteristics of construction professionals in indigenous and expatriate construction companies with a view to establish a relationship between job performance and job characteristics of construction professionals. A total of 762 questionnaires were collected and used for the study. <span> </span>Eighty one (81) construction companies, 50 (62%) indigenous and 31 (38%) expatriate were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data collected were analysed using mean item score, spearman rank correlation, linear regression analysis where appropriate. Findings of the study revealed that the relationship between job characteristics and job performance of construction professionals in construction companies in Nigeria is positive but low and the correlation coefficient is higher in expatriate construction companies. Based on the above finding, the study recommends that construction companies in Nigeria should endeavour and improve on their current core job dimensions (task significance, skill variety, task identity, autonomy and feedback) inherent in various jobs designed within their respective organizations as this will constitute as one of the variants that will improve the job performance rate of construction professionals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p>https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/1817Construction companies, Construction professionals, Job characteristics, Job performance, Nigeria. |
| spellingShingle | Henry Ndubuisi Onukwube Reuben Iyagba Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building Construction companies, Construction professionals, Job characteristics, Job performance, Nigeria. |
| title | Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria |
| title_full | Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria |
| title_short | Construction Professionals Job Performance and Characteristics: A Comparison of Indigenous and Expatriate Construction Companies in Nigeria |
| title_sort | construction professionals job performance and characteristics a comparison of indigenous and expatriate construction companies in nigeria |
| topic | Construction companies, Construction professionals, Job characteristics, Job performance, Nigeria. |
| url | https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/1817 |
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