Kazaz, A and Ulubeyli, S (2006) Physical factors affecting productivity of Turkish construction workers. In: Boyd, D (ed.) Proceedings of 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2006, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract
This survey investigates the current situation of labour productivity in the Turkish construction industry from physical viewpoint. In this research, it is aimed that the physical factors influencing worker performance are determined, defined, and evaluated in detail. For this purpose, a survey of 82 large scale construction companies in Turkey was carried out. The survey used a questionnaire applied to managers, engineers, and architects of the firms with one-to-one technique. The results were evaluated by means of the relative importance index method. The research findings pointed out that working at similar activities, design complexity, and error tolerance were ranked as the three most influential physical factors on worker performance.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | labour; physical factors; productivity; Turkey |
| Index terms: | construction industry, construction worker, complexity, physical factor, architect, labour productivity, questionnaire, productivity, engineer, relative importance index, survey, construction company, manager, Turkey |
| Subjects: | environmental science, data collection methods, risk assessment, profession, organization, practitioner, industry analysis, systems engineering, management, Geography |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, Sustainability, Risk Management, Roles and Professions, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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