Stakeholders’ Evaluation of Impact of Team Effectiveness on Project Performance among Building Professionals in Nigeria

Abstract

The impact of team effectiveness and team work on project performance cannot be overemphasized in construction project. To create and implement team effectively, management system must design to fit the team environment to enhance the productivity.The study aims to evaluate the influence of teamwork on project performance among Nigerian building professionals and also to determine the impact of team effectiveness on project performance among Nigerian building professionals. The population of the study comprises of client organizations, architects, builders, engineers and quantity surveyors in the construction industry. The study adopted random sampling techniques. A total of 55 questionnaires were distributed to the selected respondents. The population consists of architect, builders, quantity surveyors, civil engineers who are actively involved in building projects. 40 questionnaires were used for further analysis. The findings indicated thatteameffectiveness makes project tofinish on time was ranked first with mean score of (4.55). All the factors of team-effectiveness are strongly associated with project performance. This is as a result of all the factors have mean item scores above 4.00. Also, the result of the impact of team work on project performance revealed that workload sharing is one of the way teamwork increases work productivity has the highest mean score (4.73).Other factors on the impact of team work have mean item score above 4.00. This study recommends all the stakeholders in the buildingindustry should embrace team work so that its benefits on project performance will be feasible and to ensure that project objectives are realized.