Abstract
This study, “Leadership in Construction Management among Construction Professionals in the Context of Nepal”, was conducted during the period from March to November in 2015. For this purpose, field survey was conducted through semi-structured questionnaire. Sample survey among professional practitioners was conducted in Kathmandu valley. The findings of the study reveal that construction professionals realize the effective leadership in different levels and dimensions in Nepalese construction industries. In addition, the study has shown the relevancy of authentic leadership in order to overcome challenges like corruption and unsophisticated organizational context. At the same time, the study highlights the various requirements to update the priority of leadership traits towards skills, such as, communication, motivation rather than limiting only to hard core skills. Similarly, leadership behavior was found out to be oriented towards higher level people of management. Furthermore, the study has also demonstrated that construction professionals are not adequately strong in key dimensions of authentic leadership. Hence, leadership development should be given equal emphasis on technical and managerial aspects in construction industries along with the professionals in the circumstance of Nepal.
Highlights
Construction is a human attempt to build facilities for the people’s welfare
Nepalese Construction Industry has its own challenges of its own in many levels and dimensions of construction and development such as poor design and quality of projects [5], inappropriate construction policy, lack of professional development justifying the need for research on construction leadership in Nepalese Construction industry. Despite this recognition that leadership is important at all levels of the construction industry, emphasis is placed on the technical aspects, as well as management and leadership receives inadequate attention [6,7]
The survey included research variables such as (i) need for leadership (ii) dimensions of problems in construction,(iii) causes of poor construction, iv) appropriate solutions to overcome poor performance (v) leadership skills/traits (vi) leadership behavior orientation/styles, and (vii) key dimensions of authentic leadership development. Relationship of these variables was established with various situational factors such as level of industry, age and experience, job type and position, organization type etc. obtained through the demographic information of respondents. This Study explored the various construction leadership trends prevalent among Nepalese Construction Industry practitioners and assumed sample survey method would be appropriate to find the answers to these research questions
Summary
Construction is a human attempt to build facilities for the people’s welfare. The term ‘Construction Leadership’ is defined as the leadership relevant to the management of construction process, projects and products. Leadership is important in all fields of human endeavor. Features of the construction process and construction projects render leadership even more essential [1,2]. Leadership occupies a broader meaning than the than the leaders [3]. Leadership needs in every sector of human society along with construction industries
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