TY  - JOUR
TI  - Determinants of labor productivity for building projects in Pakistan
AB  - This study attempts to unveil and prioritize the factors affecting labor productivity in Pakistani constructionindustry. A triangulation strategy was adopted, comprised of a comprehensive literature review, datacollection through a questionnaire survey from contractors, clients and consultants, and Delphi survey. Fortyone labor productivity factors, shortlisted through literature review, were ranked by 315 respondents basedon their past experience. The relative importance index was calculated to determine the weightage of eachfactor. To validate the results, top fifteen factors were further analyzed using a three-round Delphi survey.The most significant labor productivity factors are identified as: shortage of skilled labor, payment delay byowner to contractor, unrealistic scheduling and expectation of labors performance, clarity of technicalspecification, and delay in wages payment to labor. Shortage of skilled labor remained on top in both theranking techniques. The study has underlined certain deviations in the ranking of labor productivity factors,attained through the analysis of questionnaire survey data and Delphi analysis. The study’s results areenvisaged to improve the labor productivity of building projects in Pakistan in terms of the projectcompletion time and cost. The study’s findings can be generalized with care in other developing countrieshaving similar work environment.
AU  - ALİ, Yasir
AU  - ZAHOOR, Hafız
AU  - Irfan, Muhammad
AU  - ABBAS, Muhammad
PY  - 2020
JO  - Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation (Online)
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SN  - 2630-5771
SP  - 85
EP  - 100
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/363506
ER  -