Stakeholders Evaluation of Impact of Team Effectiveness on Project Performance among Building Professionals in Nigeria

Abstract

The impact of team effectiveness and teamwork on project performance cannot be overemphasized in construction projects. To create and implement a team effectively, a management system must design to fit the team environment to enhance productivity. The study aims to evaluate the influence of teamwork on project performance among Nigerian building professionals and also to determine the impact of team effectiveness on project performance among Nigerian building professionals. The population of the study comprises client organizations, architects, builders, engineers, and quantity surveyors in the construction industry. The study adopted random sampling techniques. A total of 55 questionnaires were distributed to the selected respondents. The population consists of architects, builders, quantity surveyors, and civil engineers who are actively involved in building projects. 40 questionnaires were used for further analysis. The findings indicated that team effectiveness makes the project finish on time and was ranked first with a mean score of (4.55). All the factors of team effectiveness are strongly associated with project performance. This is a result of all the factors having mean item scores above 4.00. Also, the result of the impact of teamwork on project performance revealed that workload sharing is one of the ways teamwork increases work productivity and has the highest mean score (4.73). Other factors on the impact of teamwork have a mean item score above 4.00.  This study recommends all the stakeholders in the building industry should embrace teamwork so that its benefits on project performance will be feasible and to ensure that project objectives are realized.