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Construction workers work-life balance: A tool for improving productivity in the construction industry

Kofi K. Apraku, Francis Kwesi Bondinuba, AK Eyiah, AM Sadique

2020Social Work and Social Welfare24 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between construction workers work-life balance and productivity in the construction industry in Ghana. Survey method was adopted where 200 Questionnaires were administered to small and medium construction firms and 150 response were obtained. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was also carried out to establish the relationship between the predictor (WLB) and criterion latent variable set (Productivity). It emerged that there is a relationship between construction workers work life balance and productivity in the construction industry. This work strives to engender a wider academic debate and renewed the need for work life balance policies that will enhance productivity to be revisited. Management of construction organisations must develop and implement construction workers work-life balance polices at their place of work.

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ProductivityWork–life balanceBalance (ability)Work (physics)Construction industryOperations managementLatent variableBusinessEngineeringEconomicsComputer scienceEconomic growthPsychologyConstruction engineeringMechanical engineeringArtificial intelligenceNeuroscienceOccupational Health and Safety ManagementAviation Industry Analysis and Trends
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