Motivation of Workers in the Construction Industry
INSTITUTION: KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI
DEPARTMENT: BUILDINGTECHNOLOGY
NAME: PHILIP QUAQUE AHIABOR
PROGRAMME: QSCE 4
RESEARCH TOPIC: MOTIVATION OF WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN GHANA
(CASE STUDY: SELECTED CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN GREATER ACCRA REGION)
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Motivation is the set of reasons that encourages one to engage in a particular behaviour. The term is generally used for human motivation but, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behaviour as well. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desire object, hobby, goal, state of being ideal, or it may be attributed to less apparent reasons such as altruism, morality, or avoiding mortality. Motivation can also be define as the combination of a person desire and energy directed at achieving a goal. It is the cause of action. Influencing people’s motivation means getting them to do what you know must be done (Huitt, 2004).
Production has been an essential contribution to cooperate success. This is as a result of its direct translation unto cost savings and profitability. Productivity has also been a key to long-term growth and sustainable improvement and when associated with economic growth and development, generates non-inflationary increase in wages and salaries.
The construction industry generally plays a vital role in national economy due to the usage of its products such as roads, buildings and dams for the production of goods and services. Enhanced productivity has a positive effect on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation. In spite of the immense size and significance of the construction industry to the economies of most nations, its productivity is one of the controversial and least understood factors.
In the construction industry, site workers account for 40% of direct capital cost of large
DEPARTMENT: BUILDINGTECHNOLOGY
NAME: PHILIP QUAQUE AHIABOR
PROGRAMME: QSCE 4
RESEARCH TOPIC: MOTIVATION OF WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN GHANA
(CASE STUDY: SELECTED CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN GREATER ACCRA REGION)
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Motivation is the set of reasons that encourages one to engage in a particular behaviour. The term is generally used for human motivation but, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behaviour as well. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desire object, hobby, goal, state of being ideal, or it may be attributed to less apparent reasons such as altruism, morality, or avoiding mortality. Motivation can also be define as the combination of a person desire and energy directed at achieving a goal. It is the cause of action. Influencing people’s motivation means getting them to do what you know must be done (Huitt, 2004).
Production has been an essential contribution to cooperate success. This is as a result of its direct translation unto cost savings and profitability. Productivity has also been a key to long-term growth and sustainable improvement and when associated with economic growth and development, generates non-inflationary increase in wages and salaries.
The construction industry generally plays a vital role in national economy due to the usage of its products such as roads, buildings and dams for the production of goods and services. Enhanced productivity has a positive effect on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation. In spite of the immense size and significance of the construction industry to the economies of most nations, its productivity is one of the controversial and least understood factors.
In the construction industry, site workers account for 40% of direct capital cost of large