Exhibited Mentoring Drivers in Construction Professional Firms: A Case of Nigerian Quantity Surveying Firms

IF 0.8 Q4 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.21315/jcdc-10-20-0225

Kenneth Otasowie, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke

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The paper assessed the exhibited drivers of mentoring practices in construction professional firms in Nigeria with a view to improving the manner at which mentoring schemes are implemented in respective construction firms. Survey design was utilized in assessing the level of knowledge, mentoring concept adoption, and the exhibited drivers of mentoring relationships in these firms. Quantity surveying firms in Abuja, Nigeria were sampled through the use of structured questionnaire. Percentage, mean, one-sample t-test, and factor analyses were undertaken for the analysis of the data. The study reveals there is a good level of knowledge of mentoring concept but not so much with the adoption in the individual firms. This connote that there is a problem with the adoption of mentoring concept in construction professional firms despite knowledge of the concept by the professionals. Also, the study revealed the exhibited drivers of mentoring practices in construction professional firms. The findings show the exhibited drivers of mentoring practices in construction professional firms and recommendations were

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Journal of Construction in Developing Countries CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY-

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1.50

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Construction in Developing Countries seeks to provide a central vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of knowledge on issues relevant to the built environment of developing countries. The journal provides a wide range of original research an application papers on current developments and advances in the built environment as well as the economic, social, cultural and technological contexts of developing countries. It also publishes detailed case studies, as well as short communications and discussions. Topics covered include, but are not restricted to planning, urban economics, rural and regional development, housing, management and resource issues, sustiainability, knowledge and technology transfer, construction procurement, facilities management, information an communication technologies, strategies and policy issues, design issues, conservation and environmental issues.