APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RESEARCH: CONCEPT AND PROSPECTS
1 Abdullahi Yusuf Waziri,2Mustapha Yakubu and 3Muhammad Sa’adiya Ilyasu
1Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Technology, ATBU, Bauchi.
2Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Technology, ATBU, Bauchi
3Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Technology, ATBU, Bauchi
E-mail: aywaziri@gmail.com,citihills@gmail.com, sandyilyas@gmail.com
ABSTRACTS: Research in social sciences deals with constructs that cannot be directly measured. In light of this, the authors offer a consumer’s guide to the concept, application and prospects of using structural equation modelling in construction industry research as a potential methodology for the modelling of relationships among constructs. Consequently, the study dwells on the underlying concept surrounding the use of SEM with in-depth discussions on the general uses of SEM, steps involved in SEM (model specification, identification, estimation, evaluation and modification) and two-stage SEM approach. The study concludes with presentation of various examples where SEM was used in construction industry research to argument the already discussed concept and principles of SEM.