An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors

Nigerian clients have been appointing Nigerian quantity surveyors with differs leadership styles and experience as project managers on construction projects in Nigeria over the years and this is expected to have positive or negative effect on construction works. This study examines different proj...

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Main Authors:	A.E. Oke, I.H. Gbadura
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2010
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spelling	ukm-25172016-12-14T06:31:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2517/ An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors A.E. Oke, I.H. Gbadura, Nigerian clients have been appointing Nigerian quantity surveyors with differs leadership styles and experience as project managers on construction projects in Nigeria over the years and this is expected to have positive or negative effect on construction works. This study examines different project management leadership styles been exhibited by Nigerian quantity surveyors using different factors as criteria. 57 questionnaires were used for the analysis out of which 15 of the respondents are quantity surveyors. Jerrell/Slevin management instrument was used in the analysis based on the identified questions on the noted 4 leadership styles and construction professionals were also involved in ranking the Nigerian quantity surveyors based on the 10 identified leadership styles using mean internal score. On the general note, Nigerian quantity surveyors were found to be autocratic using Jerrell/Slevin measuring instrument while in the opinion of Nigerian construction professionals; they are more of task oriented in discharging their duties as construction project managers. The study finally recommends democratic and transformational leadership styles for Nigerian quantity surveyors in discharging their duties as construction projects managers. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2517/1/paper01.pdf A.E. Oke, and I.H. Gbadura, (2010) An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors. Journal of Building Performance, 1 (1). pp. 57-63. ISSN 2180-2106 http://www.ukm.my/~jsb/jbp/index.html
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description	Nigerian clients have been appointing Nigerian quantity surveyors with differs leadership styles and experience as project managers on construction projects in Nigeria over the years and this is expected to have positive or negative effect on construction works. This study examines different project management leadership styles been exhibited by Nigerian quantity surveyors using different factors as criteria. 57 questionnaires were used for the analysis out of which 15 of the respondents are quantity surveyors. Jerrell/Slevin management instrument was used in the analysis based on the identified questions on the noted 4 leadership styles and construction professionals were also involved in ranking the Nigerian quantity surveyors based on the 10 identified leadership styles using mean internal score. On the general note, Nigerian quantity surveyors were found to be autocratic using Jerrell/Slevin measuring instrument while in the opinion of Nigerian construction professionals; they are more of task oriented in discharging their duties as construction project managers. The study finally recommends democratic and transformational leadership styles for Nigerian quantity surveyors in discharging their duties as construction projects managers.
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title	An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors
title_short	An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors
title_full	An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors
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An examination of project management leadership dtyles of Nigerian quantity surveyors

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