Assessment of credit accessibility to construction SMEs in the South African construction industry using binary logistic regression
- Authors: Balogun, Olanrewaju Abdul , Ansary, Nazeem , Agumba, Justus
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Construction SMEs , Credit accessibility , Gauteng
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/214938 , uj:21344 , Citation: Balogun, O.A., Ansary, N & Agumba, J. 2016. Assessment of credit accessibility to construction SMEs in the South African construction industry using binary logistic regression.
- Description: Abstract: Unavailability of credit, especially trade credit, is one of the primary reasons for high failure rate of construction SMEs. This paper empirically investigates the determinants of trade credit to construction small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The data were obtained through questionnaire survey from 179 small and medium contractors who were conveniently sampled in the Gauteng province. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 software. Results indicated that managerial competency, the availability of business plan, relationship with financial institutions, location of the firm, firm size, firm tax number and incorporation are significant determinants of credit accessibility in South Africa. These findings could be useful to construction SMEs in identifying and accessing trade credit from financial institutions.
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A principal components analysis of safety performance measures: a study among construction workers in Gauteng, South Africa
- Authors: Okoro, Chioma , Musonda, Innocent , Agumba, Justus
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Construction workers , Exploratory factor analysis , Gauteng
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/216627 , uj:21531 , Citation: Okoro, C., Musonda, I & Agumba, J. 2016. A principal components analysis of safety performance measures: a study among construction workers in Gauteng, South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: The health and safety (H&S) of construction workers has been a subject of much deliberation for decades. However, there is scant literature focusing on aspects of workers’ safety performance (SP) relating to their unhealthy and unsafe eating behavior. The paper presents findings on a principal components analysis (PCA) of H&S performance measures. A 10-item questionnaire which was developed after an extensive literature review was used to collect empirical data on SP of construction workers in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Results showed that SP could be reasonably measured by two constructs. The two constructs were clearly defined by the PCA as trailing and prevailing. The emerged trailing measures were named lagging indicators while the prevailing ones were designated as leading indicators. The results lend support to extant literature which advocates the use of both leading and lagging safety performance indicators for effectively assessing construction workers’ safety performance. The study provides evidence which could be beneficial in psychometric evaluation of construction workers’ safety performance and behaviours on construction sites.
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