TY  - JOUR
TI  - Are Pakistani construction professionals truly happy? A benchmarking approach
SP  - 3579
N1  - cited By 5
AV  - none
EP  - 3591
PB  - Ain Shams University
SN  - 20904479
ID  - scholars14229
KW  - Construction industry; Developing countries; Human resource management; Surveys
KW  -  Construction organizations; Construction professionals; Effective management; Pakistan; Questionnaire surveys; State of practice
KW  -  Construction
IS  - 4
N2  - Construction organizations are challenged with effective management of their human resource (HR) as both are integral to each other. But the state of practice in the developing countries is not encouraging and construction professionals found themselves less motivated and enthusiastic about their job. This pushes to study the motivational needs of construction professionals of different career levels. Therefore, the current study benchmarks the HR practices of the construction industry of Pakistan to measure if there is any difference between what professionals truly value and what they get. In doing so, data was collected from 250 professionals through a questionnaire survey. Results reveal that most of the motivational needs are not gratified and the only stakeholder doing better are clients who's mid- and end-career professionals feel somewhat satisfied. Practical suggestions are provided to help the construction industry upgrade its HR vision and facilitate its most precious resource. © 2021 THE AUTHORS
VL  - 12
JF  - Ain Shams Engineering Journal
A1  - Bukhari, H.
A1  - Thaheem, M.J.
A1  - Musarat, M.A.
A1  - Alaloul, W.S.
A1  - Altaf, M.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105286130&doi=10.1016%2fj.asej.2021.04.012&partnerID=40&md5=606702af1366fc51b01dba8c490f3a1c
Y1  - 2021///
ER  -