Ghoddousi, P; Bahrami, N; Chileshe, N and Hosseini, M R (2014) Mapping site-based construction workers' motivation: Expectancy theory approach. Construction Economics and Building, 14(1), pp. 60-77. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
The aim of this study is to apply a recently proposed model of motivation based on expectancy theory to site-based workers in construction and confirm the validity of this model for the construction industry. The study drew upon data from 194 site-based construction workers in Iran to test the proposed model of motivation. To this end, the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach based on the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) technique was deployed. The study reveals that the proposed model of expectancy theory incorporating five indicators (i.e. intrinsic instrumentality, extrinsic instrumentality, intrinsic valence, extrinsic valence and expectancy) is able to map the process of construction workers' motivation. Nonetheless, the findings posit that intrinsic indicators could be more effective than extrinsic ones. This proffers the necessity of construction managers placing further focus on intrinsic motivators to motivate workers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction industry; expectancy theory; motivation; structural equation modelling; workers |
| Index terms: | construction manager, motivator, mapping, placing, validity, motivation, confirmatory factor analysis, construction industry, structural equation modelling, construction worker |
| Subjects: | psychology, industry analysis, statistical analysis, evaluation and assessment methods, concrete and cementitious materials, profession, spatial and geospatial analysis, practitioner |
| Topics: | Human Resources, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Construction Materials |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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