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creators_name: Othman, I.
creators_name: Idrus, A.
creators_name: Napiah, M.
title: Human resource management in the construction of a sustainable development project: Towards successful completion
ispublished: pub
keywords: communication; construction; human resource; project management; skilled labor; sustainable development, Kuala Lumpur West Malaysia; Malaysia; West Malaysia
note: cited By 8; Conference of 1st International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development, Environmental Impact 2012, EID 2012 ; Conference Date: 3 July 2012 Through 5 July 2012; Conference Code:92764
abstract: Construction projects are facing many problems from day to day in their business. One of the problems that has been taken into consideration in this study is human resource management in the construction of a sustainable development project. Even though construction uses more manpower in its business activities compared to other fields, its human resource management is still inadequate and insufficient. The problem concerning human resource management in the construction of a sustainable development project needs to be identified and methods for improvement need to be formulated for the success of the project. A combination of questionnaire survey and case study were used as methodologies for this study. 150 questionnaires were distributed to contractors all over Malaysia and we received 25 feedbacks. A case study was undertaken at a construction site in Kuala Lumpur. The results of the study show that there was awareness among the contractors in Malaysia about the importance of human resource management on the success of construction of a sustainable development project. The main problems of human resource management in the construction of a sustainable project have been identified. There were project managers' roles, communication between team members and insufficient teamwork. The main methods for improvement have also been discovered; namely, more communication among team members, the appointment of a more experienced project manager and the assignment of more skilled workers. © 2012 WIT Press.
date: 2012
publisher: WITPress
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867246090&doi=10.2495%2fEID120161&partnerID=40&md5=6a7ffb9909f903b31dc644cd57f72822
id_number: 10.2495/EID120161
full_text_status: none
publication: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
volume: 162
place_of_pub: New forest
pagerange: 169-180
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 9781845646042
issn: 17433541
citation:   Othman, I. and Idrus, A. and Napiah, M.  (2012) Human resource management in the construction of a sustainable development project: Towards successful completion.  WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 162.  pp. 169-180.  ISSN 17433541