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Arditi, D, Akan, G T and Gurdamar, S (1985) Reasons for delays in public projects in Turkey. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 171-81.
Cusack, M M (1985) The use of integer linear programming for modelling project control information. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 91-104.
Flanagan, R and Norman, G (1985) Sealed bid auctions: an application to the building industry. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 145-61.
Gray, C and Little, J (1985) A systematic approach to the selection of an appropriate crane for a construction site. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 121-44.
Hague, D J (1985) Incentives and motivation in the construction industry: a critique. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 163-70.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: incentive; motivation; organization; productivity
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446198500000012
- Abstract:
Bonus, payment-by-results, financial incentives (or any synonymous method for systematically encouraging productivity) has been the grumbling appendix to industrial relations in the building industry, with arguments for and against its use, thoroughly rehearsed over some 70 years. Oddly, this polarization of belief, reminiscent of the Lilliputian warfare between Bigendians and Lilliputians, is not carried over into other, generally mechanistic techniques for programming, resource allocation and so on, whose veracity and effectiveness are disinterestedly investigated. A case for defining a proper role for financial incentive schemes is argued, starting with an apparent contradiction; change in the workplace disrupts group cohesion and social structures, yet building operations, by their very nature, continuously alter both work environment and workplace disrupts group cohesion and social structures, yet building operations, by their nature, continuously alter both work environment and workplace groupings, without similarly affecting building workers. The examination proceeds by Juxtaposing the well known Herzberg hygiene/motivation theory with the generally overlooked Davis (1948) investigation of building workers, then focuses upon monotony, briefly comparing ’job-satisfaction’ and ’no job-satisfaction’ experienced in other industries, moving to a conclusion via the findings of Borcheding and Oglesby (1974) that good site organization engenders high job-satisfaction and productivity.
Marshall, H E (1985) A graphical approach to discount payback. Construction Management and Economics, 3(02), 105-20.