Balancing employee needs, project requirements and organisational priorities in team deployment

Raidén, AB ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-1139, Dainty, ARJ and Neale, RH, 2006. Balancing employee needs, project requirements and organisational priorities in team deployment. Construction Management and Economics, 24 (8), pp. 883-895.

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Abstract

The 'people and performance' model asserts that performance is a sum of employee ability, motivation and opportunity (AMO). Despite extensive evidence of this people-performance link within manufacturing and many service sectors, studies within the construction industry are limited. Thus, a recent research project set out to explore the team deployment strategies of a large construction company with the view of establishing how a balance could be achieved between organisational strategic priorities, operational project requirements and individual employee needs and preferences. The findings suggested that project priorities often took precedence over the delivery of the strategic intentions of the organisation in meeting employees' individual needs. This approach is not sustainable in the long term because of the negative implications that such a policy had in relation to employee stress and staff turnover. It is suggested that a resourcing structure that takes into account the multiple facets of AMO may provide a more effective approach for balancing organisational strategic priorities, operational project requirements and individual employee needs and preferences more appropriately in the future.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Construction Management and Economics
Creators:	Raidén, A.B., Dainty, A.R.J. and Neale, R.H.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Date:	2006
Volume:	24
Number:	8
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/01446190600647191 DOI
Rights:	© 2006 Taylor & Francis (Routledge).
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:28
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:30
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13426

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