WORKERS ETIQUETTE IN THE PRESENCE OF CONTRACTORS WITH REFERENCE TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN COIMBATORE CITY

Abstract

Construction is the second largest economic activity next to agriculture. Broadly construction can be classified into three segments are Infrastructure, Industrial and Real Estate. Construction is an essential part of any country in infrastructure and industrial development. Construction industry, with its backward and forward linkages with various other industries like cement, steel bricks etc. catalyses employment generation in the country. Infrastructure segments involve construction projects in different sectors like roads, railways, ports, irrigation, power etc. Industrial construction is contributed by expansion projects from various manufacturing sectors. Real estate construction can be sub-divided into residential, commercial, malls/multiplexes etc.

Business etiquette has a very important role in the business world, representing the image of a business. In this respect, this paper aims at identifying firstly its main constitutive parts and secondly, how emailing, phoning and meetings are used in practice by people of different origins who work internationally. Hence, the qualitative piece of research presented here in after approaches the significance of etiquettes. The results clearly show that appearance, actions as well as spoken and written words reflect the image of a person and its interests within the business environment. Therefore, we underline that employee shall benefit from specialized training on business etiquette and we clearly highlight that standardization with business etiquette has continuously changed with international businesses and globalization.