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Building Engineers’ Promotion and Its Effect on Job Satisfaction. A Qualitative Study of Site Managers in Castilla-la Mancha

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Job promotion is an important issue for employees’ professional development. Our research aims to explore promotion systems for building engineers used by construction companies in Castilla-La Mancha Autonomous Community. We also aim at analyzing the influence of promotion on job satisfaction. This paper draws on qualitative data comprising 34 semi-structured interviews with building engineers working as site managers for construction companies. Findings reveal that promotion is related, among other factors, to company size, site volume, qualifications, seniority or results. Additionally, when promotion initiatives exist their influence on job satisfaction is either positive or neutral, while when they don’t exist the effect is negative.

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  1. Escuela Politécnica de Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

    J. Fuentes-del-Burgo

  2. E.T.S. de Ingeniería de Edificación, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    E. Navarro-Astor

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  1. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Carmen Llinares-Millán

  2. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Igor Fernández-Plazaola

  3. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valenica, Spain

    Francisco Hidalgo-Delgado

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    María Montserrat Martínez-Valenzuela

  5. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Francisco Javier Medina-Ramón

  6. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Inmaculada Oliver-Faubel

  7. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Isabel Rodríguez-Abad

  8. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Andrea Salandin

  9. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Rafael Sánchez-Grandia

  10. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Isabel Tort-Ausina

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Fuentes-del-Burgo, J., Navarro-Astor, E. (2014). Building Engineers’ Promotion and Its Effect on Job Satisfaction. A Qualitative Study of Site Managers in Castilla-la Mancha. In: Llinares-Millán, C., et al. Construction and Building Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7790-3_4

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