Understanding the hiring issues of the craft workers in the UAE’s construction labor market: project managers perspective

Albattah, M., Shibeika, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-9241 and Rehman, M. S. U. (2022) Understanding the hiring issues of the craft workers in the UAE’s construction labor market: project managers perspective. Buildings, 12 (1). 26. ISSN 2075-5309 doi: 10.3390/buildings12010026

Abstract/Summary

The construction industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is faced with negative project performance, including low productivity, higher costs, delays in project completion, and defects during construction. One of the main reasons for these issues is the engagement of unskilled craft workers. Despite these labor issues, demand for construction projects in the UAE has been explosively increasing, in part due to Dubai winning the hosting of Expo 2020, which has given rise to an unprecedented demand for skilled construction craft workers. This study aimed to investigate the views and experiences of construction project managers regarding the reasons and challenges associated with the hiring of skilled craft workers in the construction labor market of the UAE. To fulfill the study purpose, the authors conducted structured open-ended interviews with UAE construction project managers. The results revealed several reasons for hiring craft workers despite a clear lack of qualifications and suggest some potential solutions.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/112454
Identification Number/DOI	10.3390/buildings12010026
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of the Built Environment > Construction Management and Engineering Science > School of the Built Environment > Organisation, People and Technology group
Publisher	MDPI AG
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