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dc.contributor.authorAlazzaz, F.
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:20:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:20:13Z
dc.date.created2016-04-19T19:30:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationAlazzaz, F. and Whyte, A. 2015. Linking employee empowerment with productivity in off-site construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 22 (1): pp. 21-37.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10649
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/ECAM-09-2013-0083
dc.description.abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to address current knowledge gaps in off-site sub-element fabrication efficiency factors, by identifying an explicit relationship between productivity and employee empowerment. Design/methodology/approach - The research is based on two engineering fabrication-yard case studies that investigate both qualitatively (via analysis of semi-structured interviews that incorporate a five-point Likert scale, with fabrication-product stakeholders), and also quantitatively (via assessment using SPSS statistical analyses to determine significance and trends in the data-set) the relationship between empowerment and productivity. Findings - The results reveal a positive linear relationship in off-site construction between "employee empowerment factors" and, explicitly fabrication-yard "productivity-levels". An especially strong and significant positive correlation is found to exist in resource development, worker involvement, process improvement, and task recognition as they refer to off-site construction productivity. Practical implications - Most academic studies of off-site construction remain largely anecdotal and lack an empirical objective study; as a result, this (fabrication-yard) case-study research provides a useful approach to measure empirically the link between employee empowerment and productivity of off-site construction. Originality/value - Employee empowerment in the construction industry has long been a focus of analyses; however, there remains a lack of consensus and very few studies into the direct relationship between employee empowerment on the one-hand, and productivity in off-site construction on the other-hand. It is argued here that the on-going new research undertaken in the present study will go beyond subjective opinion towards objective measurement of actual performance in off-site construction.

dc.publisherEmerald
dc.titleLinking employee empowerment with productivity in off-site construction
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume22
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage21
dcterms.source.endPage37
dcterms.source.issn0969-9988
dcterms.source.titleEngineering, Construction and Architectural Management
curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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