Motivation of quantity surveyors towards improved job Malaysian construction industry
Performance is a product of motivation and is viewed as the implementation of an action or one’s ability. Meanwhile, employee performance is the measure of the quality of an organisation. Motivation has been described as the key factor that influences people to perform better, resulting in higher...
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| Online Access: | http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/9106/ |
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| Summary: | Performance is a product of motivation and is viewed as the implementation of an action or one’s
ability. Meanwhile, employee performance is the measure of the quality of an organisation. Motivation has been
described as the key factor that influences people to perform better, resulting in higher productivity. Motivation
triggers action into achieving goal(s). The issue of motivation is important as it is the key to high performance
especially since the construction industry is related to human management. In construction, quantity surveyors
contribute to the overall construction performance, mainly, by adding value to the contractual and financial
management of projects starting from the pre-construction stage until post-construction. However, the roles of
the quantity surveyor have undergone significant change in different countries in the last decade and the
profession now faces several challenges that threaten its existence. The way quantity surveyors carry out their
work has changed in order to adapt to the challenging environment. The quantity surveying profession has been
established in Malaysia since 1961. However, there is a paucity of research that has investigated the
motivational practices towards improvement of job performance of quantity surveyors; and the evolution of the
role of the quantity surveyor in order to study the relationship between motivation and work performance of this
profession in Malaysian construction industry. This paper compares 5 studies related to motivation and job
performance of employees. This paper is based on on-going PhD study which is expected to complete in 2017.
Conclusions and recommendations are offered for the benefit of academics, researchers, professional institutions
and the construction industry in Malaysia. The conclusions and recommendations are offered for the benefit of
academics, researchers, professional institutions and the construction industry in Malaysia. |
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