Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry

This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-stru...

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Main Author: Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my-uthm-ep.22052022-02-03T01:47:19Z Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry 2013-12 Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured in-depth interview was selected and purposive sampling was employed in selecting 15 research participants involving team leaders and Human Resource Managers. Qualitative data was analysed using content and thematic analyses. Quantitative data was collected using survey questionnaire involving 171 randomly selected team leaders as respondents. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics consisting of t-test, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). This study found that personal integrity, working within industry, customer focus and quality, communication and interpersonal skill, developing and empowering people and working as a team were needed leadership capabilities among construction industry team leaders. The research was also able to prove that leadership skill is a key element to develop leadership capability. A framework was developed based on the results of this study, which can be used as a guide by employers and relevant agencies in enhancing leadership capability of Malaysia construction industry team leader 2013-12 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2205/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2205/1/24p%20WAN%20HANIM%20NADRAH%20WAN%20MUDA.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Fakulti Pendidikan
institution Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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language English
topic HD Industries
Land use
Labor
HD Industries
Land use
Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries
Land use
Labor
HD Industries
Land use
Labor
Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
description This research was conducted to identify the important leadership capabilities for Malaysia construction industry team leaders. This research used exploratory sequential mix-method research design which is qualitative followed by quantitative research method. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured in-depth interview was selected and purposive sampling was employed in selecting 15 research participants involving team leaders and Human Resource Managers. Qualitative data was analysed using content and thematic analyses. Quantitative data was collected using survey questionnaire involving 171 randomly selected team leaders as respondents. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics consisting of t-test, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression and Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). This study found that personal integrity, working within industry, customer focus and quality, communication and interpersonal skill, developing and empowering people and working as a team were needed leadership capabilities among construction industry team leaders. The research was also able to prove that leadership skill is a key element to develop leadership capability. A framework was developed based on the results of this study, which can be used as a guide by employers and relevant agencies in enhancing leadership capability of Malaysia construction industry team leader
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
author_facet Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
author_sort Wan Muda, Wan Hanim Nadrah
title Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_short Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_full Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_fullStr Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_full_unstemmed Leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
title_sort leadership capability of team leaders in construction industry
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
granting_department Fakulti Pendidikan
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2205/1/24p%20WAN%20HANIM%20NADRAH%20WAN%20MUDA.pdf
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