Leadership Styles of Construction Professionals and Their Preferred Labor System In The Philippine Construction Industry

Abstract

Worldwide construction industry faces challenges regard to problems associated with leadership and the problem are usually linked with performance of the labor. Leadership plays a vital role in any industry. Therefore, a positive relationship between the management and the employees is very crucial for any organization to get better turnover and recognition. The current study discusses the leadership styles used in the Construction Industry in Philippines. The development of construction industry in Philippines requires suitable leadership approaches of the management. In the condition of such requirement, this research paper has two-fold objectives: first, to study the leadership styles used by the higher-management levels of Filipino construction companies and second, to analyze which labor system preferred by the construction professionals. A survey was designed and carried to assess the objectives of the research. A total of eighty construction professionals were selected for the study. The survey participants were the three working groups of the three construction companies; (1) Owner of the company, (2) construction engineers/architects, (3) worker supervisors. The questionnaire has a total of 18 questions that includes position of the respondents, years of experience, preferred labor system and leadership styles assessment. Confidence level, Mean, and Frequency Distribution used to analyze the results of the respondents.