Factors related to job retention among the construction workers in a building construction company in Bangkok

Abstract

This research was a cross-sectional study which aimed to study factors that related to job retention among the construction workers in a building construction company in the Bangkok Metropolitan region. One hundred and eighty two participants were recruited. All data were collected by questionnaire administration. Most workers were men (57.1%) with a mean age of 29.9 years. Most of them were married (60.4%) and received primary education (39.0%). Most of them had average monthly income around 10,001-20,000 Baht (57.2%) and worked in construction section (53.3%). Fifty three point three percent of the participants had worked in their current position for 1-5 years. We found that safety management, reward or compensation, ‎social support and job retention were rated at high level of 91.2%, 96.7%, 98.9% and 58.8%, respectively. Statistically, marital status, daily working duration, safety management, reward or compensation and ‎social support were related significantly to job retention (p=0.041; r = 0.176, p=0.017; r = 0.247, p=0.001; r = 0.562, p<0.001; and r = 0.645, p<0.001, respectively). Therefore, the authors suggests that the results of this study are useful to manage for the construction workers’ job retention.