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The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers
Concerns abound over the construction industry’s inability to address its poor public image and attract sufficient numbers of new craft workers to overcome skills shortages. This paper reports on research which identifies the key influences on the career choice of craft workers. Career choice influe...
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| author | Joseph G. Kappia Andrew R.J. Dainty Andrew Price |
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| description | Concerns abound over the construction industry’s inability to address its poor public image and attract sufficient numbers of new craft workers to overcome skills shortages. This paper reports on research which identifies the key influences on the career choice of craft workers. Career choice influences were examined via a questionnaire study of over 550 craft trainees and a series of focus groups and interviews in which informants discussed the social and psychological antecedents to their decision to embark upon a construction craft career. The results reveal the interplay of influences which shape the decisions of the participants. In particular, they reveal the powerful influence of parents, friends and relations on the choice process. It is suggested that there is a need for a new approach to marketing the industry’s career opportunities which seeks to influence all within society as to the merits of the sector and not just the potential new entrants themselves. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94606522005-01-01T00:00:00Z The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers Joseph G. Kappia (7175669) Andrew R.J. Dainty (7149785) Andrew Price (1257918) Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Career choice Career decision Craft workers Career influences Recruitment Skills shortages Factor analysis Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Concerns abound over the construction industry’s inability to address its poor public image and attract sufficient numbers of new craft workers to overcome skills shortages. This paper reports on research which identifies the key influences on the career choice of craft workers. Career choice influences were examined via a questionnaire study of over 550 craft trainees and a series of focus groups and interviews in which informants discussed the social and psychological antecedents to their decision to embark upon a construction craft career. The results reveal the interplay of influences which shape the decisions of the participants. In particular, they reveal the powerful influence of parents, friends and relations on the choice process. It is suggested that there is a need for a new approach to marketing the industry’s career opportunities which seeks to influence all within society as to the merits of the sector and not just the potential new entrants themselves. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/15035 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_career_choice_influence_of_new_entrant_construction_craft_workers/9460652 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Career choice Career decision Craft workers Career influences Recruitment Skills shortages Factor analysis Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Joseph G. Kappia Andrew R.J. Dainty Andrew Price The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title | The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title_full | The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title_fullStr | The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title_short | The career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| title_sort | career choice influence of new entrant construction craft workers |
| topic | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Career choice Career decision Craft workers Career influences Recruitment Skills shortages Factor analysis Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15035 |