Building Construction
employees essentially required sufficient welfare facilities such as a place
for washing, shower, change over, eat and drink, a place to store and hang
clothing. Yet, these fundamental necessities are regularly disregarded. Decent welfare facilities can absolutely
promote health and well-being and can aid to avert contracting diseases
at building construction site. The aim of this study is to examine the impact
of welfare facilities on building construction workers performance in the
Eastern Region Ghana. The objectives were to identify welfare facilities provided by building
construction firms, evaluate the satisfaction level of building
construction firms’ employees with welfare facilities in Eastern Region, and
determine the relationship between provision of welfare facilities and
employee’s performance. The study employed convenient sample to investigate 80
building construction employees through questionnaires administration. Data
generated from the survey was further analyzed using SPSS, weighted mean
formula was used to determine the mean ranking, and descriptive and inferential
statistics such as mean score, percentages, frequencies and chi square were
used. The study reveals that the extent of welfare facilities at various
construction sites was almost unavailability of sanitary and toilet facilities,
unavailability of washing facilities, and unavailability of changing room,
whiles drinking water and locker facilities were available but not sufficient.
The study further finds that construction employees are dissatisfied with the
condition of welfare facilities provided at their various work places. The
study finally concludes that if workers are provided with decent welfare
facilities at various building construction sites, it will motivate them to
improve performance. The study recommends that metropolitan, municipal and district authority (MMDAs) should set a task force
to check the implementation of
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