IMPORTANCE OF INCENTIVES IN ENHANCING WORKERS PERFORMANCE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

This study was based on the importance of incentives in enhancing workers performance on sites, that is, both financial and non-financial incentives, as applicable on construction sites It was carried out to find out the type of incentives in operation in construction firms, whether only financial and non-financial or combination of both is in operation including those available in the contracting firms with their variability from one firm to the other, considering indigenous and foreign contracting firms. The theoretical background was based on reviews of previous work on the study of incentives. However, some discussions exist on journals, lecture papers, textbook and others. The population was a stratified sampling of professionals chosen for the research, the data analysis was based on data collected with aid of structured questionnaire distributed to workers on 30 sites in the building team, among which 21 were completed and returned, including personal interview. The data were analyzed with the aid of chi-square distribution test, and rank correlation coefficient methods. The study concluded with the financial incentives like cash awards, transport allowance, overtime with pay, accident insurance, hospital allowance being preferred by the workers to others and that management should give further encouragement to their provision in order to enhance productivity