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dc.contributor.authorAmeh, Oko John
dc.contributor.authorDaniel, Emmanuel Itodo
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-03T15:56:50Z
dc.date.available2020-08-03T15:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-14
dc.identifier.citationAmeh, O. J. and Daniel, E. I. (2017) Human resource management in the Nigerian construction firms: practices and challenges, Journal Of Construction Business and Management, 1(2), pp. 47-54.en
dc.identifier.issn2521-0156en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/623422
dc.description© 2017 The Authors. Published by University of Cape Town. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/jcbm/article/view/54en
dc.description.abstractImprovement of human resource management is critical to overall productivity and cost effectiveness in the construction industry. This study assesses the current human resource management practices in the Nigeria construction organisation and the challenges confronting it. Questionnaire survey was adopted using purposive sampling technique. Ninety eight human resource managers and construction professionals in two categories of construction organisations (client organisations involved in real estate development and contractor organisations) were sampled. The results reveal that prevailing recruitment practices are placement of the right staff in the right department for the achievement of company general goals, and screening of candidates for vacant positions. Most common training and development practices involve inducting, orienting and training newly recruited employee on software and use of tools, and assigning staff based on their skill and expertise.Provision of appropriate/modern working tools and equipment and provision of incentives and benefits to staff are prevailing motivation and labour union practices. The study further identified:competition for global mobile talents, labour turnover, recruiting the right person for a specific position, wages and compensation as some of the challenges facing HRM practice in Nigeria.The study concludes that recruitment and selection practices in the construction organisation are distinctly different from those of the manufacturing and banking industry and it centres on selection of skilled and technically competent personnel for organisation’s general goal. The study recommends that future study should assess the impact of the identified human resource practices on productivity and project performance.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Cape Townen
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/jcbm/article/view/54en
dc.subjectchallengesen
dc.subjectconstruction firmsen
dc.subjecthuman resource managementen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectpracticesen
dc.titleHuman resource management in the Nigerian construction firms: practices and challenges.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.journalJournal Of Construction Business and Managementen
dc.date.updated2020-07-23T16:04:20Z
dc.date.accepted2017-04-20
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW03082020EDen
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rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-08-03en
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