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Impact of management practices on construction productivity in Indian building construction projects: an empirical study1

   | 25 juil. 2021
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Fig. 1

Position/designation of the respondents.
Position/designation of the respondents.

Fig. 2

Years of respondents’ experience.
Years of respondents’ experience.

Reliability analysis of the attributes selected for this study

Cronbach’s alpha No. of items
0.87 19

Selected variables for the current study

Selected variables for the current study References
Urgency emphasised by the owner while issuing the tender, customer/client satisfaction, inadequate project formulation in the beginning Chancellor and Abbott (2015), Aziz and Hafez (2013) and Dixit (2018)
Scope clarity of the project, the exceptional difference between client and architect Dixit (2018), Sezer and Bröchner (2014) and Dixit et al. (2019a)
Coordination between all stakeholders, contractual disputes, design capability and frequent design changes Jarkas et al. (2012), Afifi et al. (2016) and Lim and Alum (1995)
Developing and maintaining a short and informal line of communication, human resource and a labour strike, ability to delegate authority, rework Sezer and Bröchner (2014), Dixit et al. (2019a) and Jarkas et al. (2012)
Timely payment of completed works, site clearance/availability, cost, quality, supply chain Afifi et al. (2016), Lim and Alum (1995) and Assefa Tsehayae et al. (2016)
Social skills of key team managers, interpersonal skills, climate conditions, social environment, political and economic environments Assefa Tsehayae et al. (2016), Ma and Liu (2014) and Abdul Kadir et al. (2005)
Willingness to adopt change, claim geniuses, conflict of interests among team members, ability to handle the crisis by the project managers, availability of training and development for enhancing skills Abdul Kadir et al. (2005), Ma et al. (2016) and Ok and Sinha (2006)

Relative importance index (RII) of attributes of management practice affecting construction productivity

Rank Total responses Total score RII Attribute name
1 105 476 0.91 Coordination between all stakeholders
2 105 470 0.90 Ability to handle the crisis by the project managers
3 105 462 0.88 Social skills of key team managers
4 105 458 0.87 Timely payment of completed works
5 105 455 0.87 Design capability and frequent design changes
6 105 442 0.84 Contractual disputes
7 105 420 0.80 Availability of training and development for enhancing skills
8 105 418 0.80 Conflict of interests among team members
9 105 410 0.78 Scope clarity of the project
10 105 387 0.74 Exceptional difference between client and architect
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Anglais
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Volume Open
Sujets de la revue:
Engineering, Introductions and Overviews, other