| dc.description.abstract | The study assessed the effect of communication on construction project performance in the
Districts of Kampala and Wakiso in Uganda. The study objectives were to examine whether
there is a relationship between technical perspective and construction project performance,
assess the effect of contextual perspective on the overall project performance and assess the
effect of negotiated perspective on the construction project performance. The study employed
cross sectional research design through triangulation using both qualitative and quantitative
approaches. A total of 71 respondents were selected using random sampling technique and
the tools used included both questionnaires and interview guide. Pearson’s correlation
coefficient analysis was used for testing the hypotheses and results obtained showed a
statistically significant positive relationship between technical perspective (21.6%),
contextual perspective (29.4%) and negotiated perspective (19.5%) of communication and
construction project performance the dependent variable. With the results obtained, the study
concludes that technical perspective, contextual perspective and negotiated perspective are
important factors in predicting construction project performance. The study recommends that
stakeholders especially project participants’ should focus at ensuring the elimination of
challenges that create errors and distortions in information transfer, more time is devoted at
improving on information required in implimentation of projects interms of providing of
adequate and proper details, contractors and indeed all stake holders devote more effort
and resources towards communication practices in their CPOs. It is also recommended
that key stakeholders especially project owners take interest and become more involved in
projects through providing timely information, participating in meeting and ensuring that key
issues are addressed on time. Lastly, contractors should devote more effort in preparing
proper project proposals to clients and insuring that project participants are knowledgeable
about communicating value to the key stakeholders. | en_US |
