Critical factors that influenced the performance of construction workers in Perak

The construction industry faces challenges with regard to problems associated with construction productivity and the problems are usually associated with the performance of labor. The performance of labor affected by many factors and usually linked to the performance of time, cost and quality of construction project. Meanwhile, the study on identifying and evaluate factors influenced the performance of labor has been done in the last decade, however, a deeper understanding is still needed to improve the performance of labor in order to increase the construction productivity. This study conducted with the aim to identify the critical factors that influenced the performance of construction workers in the construction industry in the state of Perak, hence to provide some recommendation to overcome the problems. A survey was conducted on 167 respondents who involve in building works in Perak using a self-administered questionnaire. The data was analyzed using a Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) software version 25.0. The results showed that the respondents agreed on 20 factors that may influence a workers' performance. The most critical factor that could influence the performance of construction worker is lack of labor experience, and the significance key action that can be taken by a contractor is to improve on work planning layout.