Craftsmen in the construction industry play a very crucial role to the survival and growth of the industry as theyudare mostly engaged in the practical realization of construction projects. As a country endowed with skilledudmanpower, the construction industry in Nigeria can best be described as ironic. Though on the one hand, it wasudacclaimed to be the highest employer of the nation’s workforce after agriculture, while on the other, it is facedudwith challenges in technical skilled craftsmen shortage which affects organization’s productivity, quality ofudwork, duration of projects and on firm’s profits. Not much research has examined the shortage of skilledudworkforce in the perspective of small and medium construction firms (SMCFs) in Nigeria. Majority of earlierudresearch has focused mainly on large construction firms. The purpose of this study is to carry out a detailedudreview of archival documents aimed at examining the shortage of skilled craftsmen in the construction industry,udparticularly in small and medium construction firms in Nigeria. This study adds to existing body of knowledgeudby exposing the reasons for shortage of skilled craftsmen in the construction industry in the perspective of smalludand medium construction firms in Nigeria
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