Construction Productivity Factors Affected by the Motivation of Foreign Laborers in Construction Fields
Yoonseok Shin, Jin-Dong Kim, Tae Yong Kim, Gwang-Hee Kim · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2013
These days, it is necessary to introduce motivational methods for foreign workers on construction sites in order to improve the productivity of Korean construction companies. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the motivational factors of East Asian laborers working on Korean construction fields in order to better understand the characteristics of foreign laborers. Of the motivational factors, economic factors among were considered more important than social and psychological factors for East Asian construction workers. And the importance averages of the construction workers from three ethnic groups were found to be statistically equal in terms of economic and social factors, but were not for psychological factors.