A SYSTEM FOR RAISING PRODUCTIVITY OF CONSTRUCTION CRAFTSMEN IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
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liz /Nigeria's labour intensive and
~/ghzy competitive construction
'fndustry, firms are currently applying
lVnl•uuJ!i/ systems aimed at improving
weratives' productivity and also to
t;emain in business. This paper
. !Jzerefore discussed the influence of
' femi-financial incentives as one of the
' !IJOtivating measures. The principal
. iftvjective was to determine if a
· telationship exists between the
. ~,pplication of semi-financial
" >f!Jcentives and the productivity of
,construction craftsmen in
Southwestern Nigeria. To achieve this,
a questionnaire survey of management
and operatives of construction firms
backed up with on-site measurements
was conducted to determine the
impact of these schemes on the
productivity ofbrick!ayers, carpenters
and steel fixers in the study area.
Descriptive and inferential statistical
techniques were used for the mw~ysis.
Comparative analysis of sites with or
without incentives indicated that semifinancial
incentive schemes had
significant effects on the productive
time of these craftsmen. ThP paper concluded that the application of
semi-financial incentives should be
further intensified by management of
all construction firms for an improved
productivity.
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TH Building construction