Teamwork and Job Satisfaction in Construction Projects

Conflict may occur when a team is formed. It is more common in a wide varied activities involved construction field. Goals and values involve positive or negative features and are therefore common sources of conflict in construction field. However, excessive conflict is a major hindrance to the effective operation of a team, thus necessary to augment working together culture. This paper aims to identify project team working factors and to uncover underlying relationships between these factors. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from professionals. Factor analysis was employed to categorize twenty-one point teamwork factors evaluated by 169 professionals working in three major construction parties namely, owners, consultants and contractors. Factor analysis uncover that these team work factors can be grouped under three categories titled as: working culture (integration) building, relationship building and trust building. Results of this study can be used as a tool to strengthening relationship between project participants in the construction industry