Investigating the relationship between human resource empowerment and effectiveness in the construction industry (Building facade engineering, design, and construction companies)

Mahmoudi Sari, Mohammad Hossein; Namdar, Reza

doi:10.22075/ijnaa.2024.34185.5102

Investigating the relationship between human resource empowerment and effectiveness in the construction industry (Building facade engineering, design, and construction companies)

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Mahmoudi Sari

Reza Namdar

Department of Architectural Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2024.34185.5102

Abstract

After many years of experience, the world has come to the conclusion that if an organization wants to be a leader in its economy and business affairs and not fall behind in the field of competition, it must have expert human resources. Considering this importance, the present article has set its main goal to examine the relationship between human resource empowerment and organizational effectiveness. The current research method is applied in terms of purpose and terms of data collection; it uses the survey method. The statistical population of the research consists of all managers of building facade engineering, design, and construction companies. 150 of them were randomly interviewed and completed the research questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods have been used to analyze the research data. Relevant calculations were done using SPSS and AMOS software. The findings of the research showed that there is a strong and significant relationship between the empowerment of human resources and the effectiveness of the organization. Also, there is a significant relationship between human resource empowerment and organizational effectiveness components, including productivity, satisfaction, motivation, cohesion and conflict. Based on the coefficients of the empowerment components in the fitted research model, human resource empowerment has the greatest effect on improving and increasing the sense of effectiveness, sense of independence, sense of trust and sense of competence, respectively.

Keywords

Human resource empowerment

organizational effectiveness

productivity

satisfaction

motivation

cohesion

conflict

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