Enablers of Innovation Implementation within Quantity Surveying Firms in Nigeria

Innovation has received significant attention in the last few years in both practice and academia. Implementation of innovation has proven to have delivered quality, product functionality, and productivity improvements in construction project delivery. Yet innovation implementation at the corporate level is low, such as within the quantity surveying firms (QSFs) in Nigeria. Hence, this study assessed the important key enablers of implementing innovation within QSFs in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. An explanatory research design was adopted to achieve the set objective. A comprehensive literature review was done to highlight the relevant enablers of innovation implementation. 120 and 78 questionnaires were sent out to QSFs duly registered with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) in Lagos and Abuja respectively. From the questionnaires administered, 96 and 59 questionnaires from Lagos and Abuja respectively were returned and used for this study. Collected data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential analytic tools. The analysed data revealed that from the list of twenty (20) enablers identified, the important enabler that could promote innovation implementation was an effective rewarding structure (incentive to innovate). The findings also revealed that there is no statistical difference between the opinions of the QSFs in Lagos and Abuja. This study implies that implementing innovation could be enabled by understanding the set of identified factors by QSFs for performance improvement of the industry.