An Assessment Of Prospects And Challenges Confronting The Adoption Of Non-Financial Incentives As Craftsmen Motivator In Selected Construction Sites In Awka, Anambra State
Daniel Oluwatayomi Fadumo
Department of Building, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Fidelis Okechukwu Ezeokoli
Department of Building, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Ikemefuna Mbamali
Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Keywords: Non-financial motivators, incentives, recognition, motivational scheme
Abstract
Non –financial incentives as a motivational scheme has a lot of prospects which enhances productivity on construction sites in Awka south. This study was particularly necessary negate the uninformed application of non-financial motivators on construction sites for various kinds of engagements like casual and permanent engagements. The study therefore assessed the prospects and challenges of adopting non-financial incentives as craftsmen motivator. To do this, requisite data was sourced via primary and secondary sources. Primary data were sourced through the administration of 250 well-structured questionnaires on forty (40) selected construction sites within the study area while secondary data were from textbooks, journal and other related literatures. The research questioned were analysed through calculation of mean(x) and use of SPSS. However to test the hypothesis which compares craftsmen and engineers perceptions on asked questions, the primary data was analysed using spearman ranking correlation facilitated by Ms-excel software and. It was found that recognition based incentives which is the most widely used of other incentives like job enlargement, job enrichment, job rotation, fringe benefits etc ,is more suitable for casual engagement while training is best for longer employments. The use of the identified non-financial motivators has been found to be of high prospects since it motivates craftsmen motivation to get assigned work done. However implementation of non-financial motivators has been hampered by certain identified challenges like fear of bias. The researcher therefore, recommended the implementation of the identified implementation measures so that there is proper communication on site and a fair yardstick for administering non-financial motivators