Impact of Non-Monetary Incentives on Carpenters' Productivity in South-Western Nigeria
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The research examines 1ne effect of non-monetary incentive schemes on the productivity of
carpenters in Southwest Nigeria . The primary objective was to find a relationship,if any,
between the productivity of these construction operatives and the application of non-monetary
incentives. The employed the use of questionnaires and personal interview conducted on both
the management and the carpenters that were drawn from large, medium and small sized
construction firms within the study area. One hundred and seventy questionnaires each were
distributed to the management and operatives, ·103 and 1"18 were duly completed/returned by the
management and the operatives respectively On-site investigation and measurements were also
embarked upon to study the activities of carpenters on forty (40) construction sites using six of the
identified variables of non-monetary incentive schemes found to be relevant in this 1espect The
results indicated that the applied non-monetary incentives had significant effect or; carpenters·
productivity an cf that these incentive schemes accounted for between 6% and 25% of the variation
in percentage productive time of these trades men.
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TH Building construction