Date of Award
Summer 8-27-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African American Studies
Advisor(s)
Smith, Danielle Taana
Keywords
CONSTRUCTION, CULTURE, INEQUALITY, KENYA, PRACTICE
Subject Categories
African Studies | International and Area Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
This research focuses on providing findings on the level of income disparity among construction workers in Kenya. The research has placed much of its emphasis on laborers working within the Nairobi metropolitan area and its surrounding areas, which have the largest groups of people representing construction workers in Kenya. It galvanizes mathematical principles to calculate income disparity gaps that result from economic policies and business practices in Kenya. This research seeks to contribute to the body of knowledge that can be used to establish a minimum wage for the construction worker in Kenya, by demonstrating how awareness of the existence of oppression as well as knowledge about the need to have collective bargaining labor rights can help to curb the exploitation of human capital in any given industry. The importance of this study is to present initial evidence on exploitation in the construction sector in the Nairobi metropolitan area, with the intention of creating the need for more research into the economic welfare of construction laborers. Finally, it is anticipated that the conclusions of this study will further drive the agenda of the existing construction workers' organizations and instigate the formation of initiatives that are geared towards protecting construction workers from exploitation and oppression.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Osolo, Zachary Obwora, "Culture and Practice Within the Construction Industry in Kenya and Its Contribution to Income Inequality" (2021). Theses - ALL. 578.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/578
