Skilled Labour Shortage in the Building Construction Industry Within the Central Region

2020
Benjamin Boahene Akomah, Laud Kwamina Ahinaquah, Zakari Mustapha

Skilled labour shortage is the shortfall of workforce in specific trades or shortage of workforce with requisite skills. The paper seeks to identify areas where there are skilled labour shortages in the building construction industry within the Central Region. A survey research approach was employed to get the study population that consisted of project managers, site engineers, site foremen and engineers working with contactors. Questionnaires were designed based on the research specific objectives and used as the main instrument for data collection. Findings from the study revealed that the shortage of skilled manpower was from painters and decorators, electricians and tile workers. Further findings showed that skilled labour shortage was caused by socio–economic conditions, external forces, job attractiveness, job characteristics, job satisfaction, industry limitations and personal factors. Employees should be encouraged to develop their trade competences and change their attitude to work, while employers should build their manpower base through training.

Atslēgas vārdi
Construction projects; Ghana; performance; productivity; skilled workforce; project delivery
DOI
10.2478/bjreecm-2020-0006
Hipersaite
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjreecm/8/1/article-p83.xml

Akomah, B., Ahinaquah, L., Mustapha, Z. Skilled Labour Shortage in the Building Construction Industry Within the Central Region. Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, 2020, Vol. 8, 83.-92. lpp. e-ISSN 2255-9671. Pieejams: doi:10.2478/bjreecm-2020-0006

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)