EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF TEAMWORK ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TASKS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Teamwork is very important in construction industry where assignments and tasks are shared by various players as a team. These project team players include; architects, contractors, suppliers, surveyors, and many more. Success of a construction work is evidenced by project performance. The project outcomes are increasingly affected by the functionalities of the project team which can subsequently triggers inexcusable delays and subsequently project abandonment. This study seeks to evaluate the effect of teamwork in building construction projects performance in Nigeria. The study opted a mixed method research design where the 83 structured questionnaires were distributed to the target respondents comprising of construction professionals. 81 were properly filled and returned indicating a response rate of about 98%. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyze the data. Results show that trust allows team members to make decisions and resolve problems that arise during project execution is the highest ranked factor for team performance success with mean (M = 4.64). This study recommends that there is need for the construction organizations to allow team members to make decisions and resolve problems that arise during project execution which allows the team members to work as a unit through motivation and high team spirit that would enhance the performance of the construction projects.