Use of Personality Profile Assessments in the U.S. Commercial Construction Industry
| Autor: | Justin Weidman, Jay P. Christofferson, Brian Richard Childs, Clifton B. Farnsworth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Knowledge management
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Leadership development business.industry Employee retention media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Education Construction industry Phone Turnover 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business Personality profile Personality Business Human resources 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Construction Education and Research. 13:267-283 |
| ISSN: | 1550-3984 1557-8771 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15578771.2016.1246493 |
| Popis: | Employee turnover is a continuing challenge in the construction industry with negative effects on construction companies. Other industries have begun using personality profile assessments as a tool for reducing employee turnover, and more specifically in their hiring, promoting, team building, and leadership development processes. However, it was unknown if this trend was effecting the construction industry. The purpose of this research was to determine if and how U.S. commercial construction companies utilize personality profiles in their employee retention processes. A survey was randomly sent to 235 of the top 400 commercial construction companies in the United States to determine if these companies were using assessments, and if it had any effect on the turnover within these companies. Interviews were conducted over the phone with human resources representatives from these companies, and responses were sorted into similar themes and ideas using qualitative pattern coding techniques. Of the 78 ... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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