Opinions on the Benefits to the Project and Workers from Overtime Work: A Case Study of the Condominium Construction Projects

Abstract

Overtime work can be used in situations where construction projects have to accelerate the operation. This approach is often applied for high-rise building construction projects even under normal circumstances, which raises doubts about its use for self-interest or taking advantage of other parties. This study aims to explore the attitudes of 2 groups of project workers (the group who assigns overtime work and the group who performs the overtime as assigned) in order to assess their opinions towards the benefits that the project and the workers who worked on the case study of condominium construction projects might receive from overtime work. This study also compares the differences between the opinions of each worker group using the Mann-Whitney U statistical test. The study concluded that all involved parties agreed that assigning overtime work can benefit the company and project directly and be able to achieve both financial and schedule milestones. Moreover, there is no incentive for workers to change their behavior to seek benefits or advantages from overtime work to the point of being exploitative and creating burdens and inappropriate working conditions for overtime workers.