Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry

This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured...

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Main Author:	Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78062/1/WanHanimNadrahPFP20131.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.780622018-07-23T05:33:25Z Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry 2013-12 Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah L Education (General) This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured in-depth interview was selected and purposive sampling was employed in selecting 15 research participants involving team leaders and Human Resource Managers. Qualitative data was analysed using content and thematic analyses. Quantitative data was collected using survey questionnaire involving 171 randomly selected team leaders as respondents. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics consisting of t-test, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). This study found that personal integrity, working within industry, customer focus and quality, communication and interpersonal skill, developing and empowering people and working as a team were needed leadership capabilities among construction industry team leaders. The research was also able to prove that leadership skill is a key element to develop leadership capability. A framework was developed based on the results of this study, which can be used as a guide by employers and relevant agencies in enhancing leadership capability of Malaysia construction industry team leader. 2013-12 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78062/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78062/1/WanHanimNadrahPFP20131.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:83467 phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Education Faculty of Education
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description	This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured in-depth interview was selected and purposive sampling was employed in selecting 15 research participants involving team leaders and Human Resource Managers. Qualitative data was analysed using content and thematic analyses. Quantitative data was collected using survey questionnaire involving 171 randomly selected team leaders as respondents. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics consisting of t-test, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). This study found that personal integrity, working within industry, customer focus and quality, communication and interpersonal skill, developing and empowering people and working as a team were needed leadership capabilities among construction industry team leaders. The research was also able to prove that leadership skill is a key element to develop leadership capability. A framework was developed based on the results of this study, which can be used as a guide by employers and relevant agencies in enhancing leadership capability of Malaysia construction industry team leader.
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author	Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
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title	Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_short	Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
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Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry

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