Abstract
PurposeThis study aims to build a framework of the influencing factors of construction workers' career promotion and identifies the critical determinants so as to propose suggestions for the government and enterprises to offer construction workers a path for career promotion.Design/methodology/approachIn line with the theory of human resources, such as Herzberg's two-factor theory, this study constructs a theoretical framework that affects the career promotion of construction workers. Using evidence from Guangzhou city, valid data provided by 464 workers from 50 sites were collected by a questionnaire survey, and the significance test on the influencing factors of construction workers' career promotion was taken by binary logistic regression.FindingsThe overall career development of construction workers in Guangzhou is worrying. The binary logistic regression indicates that age, working years, type of work, career development awareness, legal awareness, professional mentality, vocational psychological training and career development path are critical factors that affect construction workers' career promotion.Originality/valueThis study for the first time explores the career promotion of frontline construction workers. Specifically, it identifies the critical factors that affect the career promotion of workers and thus lays a foundation for further research and the promotion and continuous and healthy development of the construction industry. Thus, this study is original and has theoretical and practical significance.
Highlights
For most developing countries, the construction industry is becoming a key driving force of economic growth and the pillar industry of the national economy (Tripathi and Jha, 2018)
These migrant workers are mainly engaged in heavy physical work on the construction site, including carpenters, masons, brick or block layers, steel benders, etc., known as frontline construction workers (Amissah et al, 2019a, b)
2.2 Career promotion Career promotion is an important aspect of career development (Weng and Hu, 2009) and is usually defined as the change of workers’ position in the organizational level and the corresponding increase of salary level (Valsecchi, 2000)
Summary
The construction industry is becoming a key driving force of economic growth and the pillar industry of the national economy (Tripathi and Jha, 2018). To explore the critical factors affecting workers’ career promotion besides performance can help workers obtain better career development by improving their own ability to work (Liu and Li, 2013) and assist construction enterprises in retaining skilled workers and hiring qualified human resources to achieve project success (Detsimas et al, 2016) so as to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the construction industry. Subjective career success factors, such as job satisfaction and work–family balance, have been widely studied in the field of construction (Maloney and McFillen, 1985; Rowings et al, 1996; Shan et al, 2017), but the research on career promotion as an important part of objective career success factors is rare. The promotion research in the field of construction can compensate for the scarcity of objective career success research and has great significance for promoting the research on workers’ salary and job satisfaction
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