The Influence of Training on Bricklayers’ Productivity in Nigeria
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The global economic situation and the need for construction contractors to remain in
business in this competitive environment have made productivity improvement more
and more important. This study therefore investigated the impact of formal and
informal trainings on the productivity of bricklayers in three commercial nerve
centres of Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt).To achieve this, questionnaires,
backed up with interviews and on-site measurements were conducted on the
management and bricklayers of construction firms who were randomly drawn from
the three categories of construction firms in the country (large-sized, medium-sized
and small-sized firms). 90 and 180 structured questionnaires were distributed to the
management and bricklayers in the study area while 72 and 118 questionnaires were
respectively filled and returned in this regard. The results of the descriptive and
inferential statistical techniques indicated that training had significant effect on the
productivity of bricklayers in Nigeria. Other factors such as monetary and nonmonetary
incentives, planning and control, organizational strategy, supervision
aspects and general management also had their contributory effects to bricklayers’
productivity. The study concluded that the issue of training should be accorded a
priority attention by the managements of construction firms in order to attain greater
workers’ productivity on construction sites.
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TH Building construction