Valuing the contribution of knowledge-oriented workers to projects: a merit based approach in the construction industry

Evidence points to the fact that frequent resignation of project engineers from construction companies is primarily the result of dissatisfaction with the factors that shape the salary scale. This research aims to identify the major influencing factors in merit based salary calculation systems for knowledge-oriented engineers so as to more accurately reflect their contribution to construction projects. Results from a questionnaire sent to managers, engineers and HR professionals throughout the Iranian construction industry revealed that while there was overall agreement on principles to a merit-based approach, engineers in particular identified ‘professional skills’, ‘experience’ and ‘creativity’. Management-oriented parties should take into account engineer perspectives in order to more accurately value the knowledge-oriented contribution of these workers to construction projects. This research provides a basis for understanding the key factors in the merit based salary scale formulation through the construction industry.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

• Publication date

  2012-12-04

• Fields of study

  Business, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5130/AJCEB.V12I4.2724
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• Engineer perspectives should be taken into account to value knowledge-oriented contributions to construction projects more accurately.

  Confidence 0.91

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• Engineers identified professional skills, experience, and creativity as the key factors for merit-based salary calculation.

  Confidence 0.96

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• Managers, engineers, and HR professionals showed overall agreement with merit-based salary principles in the construction-industry questionnaire.

  Confidence 0.88

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• construction industry

  industry

  The sector of organizations and projects involved in building and related construction work.

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• creativity

  factor

  The ability to generate original ideas or solutions, treated here as an input to compensation decisions.

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• engineer perspectives

  perspective

  Views from engineers about how merit and contribution should be assessed in salary-setting.

  Aliases: engineers' perspectives, engineer views

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• experience

  factor

  Accumulated work or project experience used as an input to merit-based compensation decisions.

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• knowledge-oriented engineers

  group

  Engineers whose contribution is defined mainly by specialized knowledge, judgment, and expertise in project work.

  Aliases: knowledge-oriented workers, project engineers

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• merit based salary calculation systems

  method

  Salary-setting schemes that link compensation to assessed merit for knowledge-oriented engineers in construction projects.

  Aliases: merit based salary scale, merit based approach

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• professional skills

  factor

  Technical and professional capabilities used as an input to merit-based compensation decisions.

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