Navarro, E (2009) A review of Maslow, Herzberg and Vroom in the construction industry over the last 25 years. In: Dainty, A R J (ed.) Proceedings of 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2009, Nottingham, UK.
Abstract
Motivation has been one of the most widely discussed concepts in general management. Although researchers in construction management have not been as enthusiastic about the subject, considerable efforts have been made to apply the concept both to construction operatives and professionals. This literature review aims to establish the relevance of motivation theories to the construction industry, and to research attempts to apply these theories both to blue and white collar construction workers. The paper details various past trends, predicts some future trends, and suggests certain areas in which future research on motivation in the construction industry should focus. Regarding the findings, coding has been done according to publication outlet, authors, nature of study, country of publication, target population, methodology and nature of study. Studies focused on the operative are more numerous, start earlier in time and cover more countries than the ones centred on the construction professional. Maslow (1943), Herzberg et al. (1959) and Vroom s (1964) motivation theories have been mostly used and are still in use, while positivism and quantitative techniques have predominated over qualitative approaches.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | job satisfaction; motivation; operative; professional |
| Index terms: | literature review, qualitative approach, motivation, job satisfaction, population, methodology, construction professional, positivism, construction worker, construction operative, construction industry, publication, operative |
| Subjects: | research methods, management, professional development, demography, philosophical concept, industry analysis, research dissemination and communication, practitioner, psychology, data analysis and analytics |
| Topics: | Urban Studies, Human Resources, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Information Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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