| Abstract: | The general objective of the study is to assess the effect of human resources management
practices on construction project performance in selected sub-cities of Addis Ababa City
Administration. There is lack empirical studies while there have been numerous studies on the
importance of human resources management in construction, there is a need for more empirical
studies that investigate the relationship between human resources management practices and
construction project performance. To conduct this study, the descriptive types of research
method were employed. A total of 117 project related professionals such as project managers,
manager administration and HR., designers, contractors, consultants, site engineer, Forman,
and team leaders were involved as sample respondents in the study. The research utilized
stratified sampling approach and the respondents were separated into three strata to pick the
sample respondent then sample respondents were selected on the basis of simple random
sampling techniques because this technique gives equal chance of being selected from each unit
of the population. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as frequency
count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, r-test, p-value and Inferential statistics /analysis
such as correlation and regression analysis respectively. Data were analyzed using the
“Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” (SPSS) version 25 software. The finding shows
that, there is long term planning for human resource need of the firm was effectively practicing
and the company operated a quarterly human resource planning schedule at very good manner.
Furthermore, job advertisement is used by the enterprise to recruit employees at a very good
manner in the case companies and the recruitment and selection process is fair and transparent
was significantly observed. The result of the study indicated that, the case companies provide
staff with opportunities for career development in a very good manner rated high and
construction projects organization are successful in implementing training and development
programs was significantly undertaken. There is a significant team spirit within the firm and the
focus of compensation and reward is to attract, and retain employees in organizations observed
with higher agreement level. Project managers make compensation decisions was significant
seen and also reward and compensation schemes provided by firm are sufficient at the case
companies. Finally meeting project time goals at the case companies was highly practicing and
meeting project budget goals seen at the sample case companies. Furthermore, meeting scope
and requirements goals are practicing and team’s satisfaction with the project was highly
agreed with the respondents. Client’s satisfaction with the project results as ascertained by their
significant rating and success of the project was found higher in the sample companies. On the
basis of these findings, the study recommends that, all construction companies need to practice
modern human resource management by using HR technology, GPS database and the so on to
improve the performance of construction projects. In addition, all stakeholders together with
concerned government bodies should prepare training and development programs for
employees/workers of construction projects. |
