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Mapping site-based construction workers' motivation: expectancy theory approach
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by P Ghoddousi, N Bahrami, N Chileshe, M. Reza HosseiniThe 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.
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Construction economics and buildingVolume
14Issue
1Pagination
60 - 77Publisher
UTS ePressLocation
Haymarket, N.S.W.Publisher DOI
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2204-9029Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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