Structural relationship of leadership qualities with site workers issues for Saudi Arabia’s Construction Industry
Construction industry is one of the main industries that provide significant development of any country because it acts as an investment industry due to the nature of its outputs. To ensure a successful construction projects, one of the important factors to be considered is managing site worke...
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2020
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| Summary: | Construction industry is one of the main industries that provide significant development of any
country because it acts as an investment industry due to the nature of its outputs. To ensure a
successful construction projects, one of the important factors to be considered is managing site
workers effectively. It requires good leadership qualities in handling workers’ issues. Hence, this
study was aimed to develop relationship between leadership qualities and workers issues for
Saudi Arabia’s construction industry. Several objectives are introduced to accomplish the aim
including: identify issues engulfing site workers and also leadership qualities in Saudi Arabia’s
construction industry, determine hierarchy/ranks of workers issues and leadership
qualities,establish structural relationship of leadership qualities and workers’ issues, and finally
develop framework of leadership qualities and workers’ issues for Saudi Arabia’s construction
industry.This study was carried out using mixed mode methods or known as triangulation
method that comprises of qualitative method using open-ended interviews and quantitative
method using questionnaire survey. A literature review was carried out based on previous
research works related to workers issues and leadership qualities and found thirty-one (31) issues
and thirty-seven (37) leadership qualities. After that, qualitative exploratory study was conducted
to identify the issues engulfing site workers and required leadership qualities and it involved
eleven (11) construction experts. Based on the exploratory study, thirty-two (32) workers’ issues
were identified and also twenty-three (23) leadership qualities were determined. Compilation of
literature review results and exploratory study outcomes resulted in identifying forty-seven (47)
workers’ issues and fifty-four (54) leadership qualities. Based on this process, a pilot survey
involved thirty-one (31) experts working in Makkah’s construction projects was conducted using
semi-structured survey to assess the level of relevancy of each identified issue and quality to
Makkah’s construction industry. Outcomes of pilot survey were improved and subsequently
being used in actual survey. Questionnaire survey was developed based on the outcomes of pilot
survey and consisted of three parts that are respondents’ demography, identifying significant
workers’ issues and identifying significant leadership qualities. Five hundred ninety (590)
questionnaires were distributed manually and electronically among construction professionals in
Makkah city. Only two hundred and three (203) valid responses were collected and considered vi
for analysis. Collected data was used to carry out hierarchical assessments for each workers’
issue and leadership quality from most significant to less significant using univariate analysis
through descriptive analysis approach. Then, the collected data were further used to establish
relationships between leadership qualities with workers’ issues through multivariate analysis
using SmartPLS software. Structural relationship was developed to relate leadership qualities
with workers’ issues. The developed structural relationship found to be fit with Goodness of Fit
(GoF) value of 0.31. Based on PLS-SEM outcomes, the framework was developed which
indicates the relationship between 6 leadership qualities groups (LQ) with 4 workers’ issues
group (WI). Then the developed framework was verified through interviewing 12 construction
experts. Verification results confirmed that, the most appropriate leadership qualities groups that
required to handle each group of workers issues are Problem Solving required for Salary
Discrepancy, Agility in Actions required for Under Performance, Wisdom Approach required for
Unfair Treatment and Effective Implementation required for Restricted Regulation. This study
has significantly pointed out the required leadership qualities that are vital to handle workers’
issues successfully for Saudi Arabia’s construction industry. Findings can be helpful for
construction players in hiring potential leaders for their organizations. |
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