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Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science.
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| author | Amegatsey, Gideon Selorm |
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College of Art and Built Environment
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Master of Science. |
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| spelling | oai:ir.knust.edu.gh:123456789/14266 Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana Amegatsey, Gideon Selorm Construction Project manager Career progression Project management. A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science. The intricacy of today's project environs has generated an inordinate need to ensure that construction organisations have operative and effective career progression and development programmes to fill project management roles with the right people for successful delivery. However, these needs are not being met since organisations have not supplemented time-honoured programmes with impartial methods to profiling employee characteristics and career progression paths. This study was conducted to examine the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana. To achieve this aim, the study sought to determine the extent to which construction project managers pursued their career paths in Ghana, identify the drivers for career progression and identify the barriers to the career progression of construction project managers. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 80 project managers who work with class D1 building construction firms in Kumasi and Accra. The project managers were selected using the snowball sampling approach. The respondents were asked to answer questions in relation to the specific objectives of the study. Data obtained from the survey was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences Volume 21. With respect to the extent to which the respondents pursued their career progressions, the respondents agreed that ‘establishing a schedule and plan’, ‘changing industries at times’, ‘fostering the development of team members’, and ‘maximizing their resources’ were very important factors they considered. It was also revealed that ‘the ability to create identity’, ‘membership of set’, and ‘mobility and attitude’ were key factors that drive the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana. Finally, the issue of ‘culture’, ‘difference in language’, and ‘inadequate managerial skills’ were identified to be potential barriers to the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana. The study recommends that awareness be given to project managers on the identified barriers that hinder their career progressions in the construction industry KNUST 2021-07-06T11:54:21Z 2023-04-19T04:25:35Z 2021-07-06T11:54:21Z 2023-04-19T04:25:35Z 2021-07-06 Thesis https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14266 en_US application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Construction Project manager Career progression Project management. Amegatsey, Gideon Selorm Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title | Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title_full | Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title_short | Examining the career progression of construction project managers in Ghana |
| title_sort | examining the career progression of construction project managers in ghana |
| topic | Construction Project manager Career progression Project management. |
| url | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14266 |
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