Rameezdeen, R; Gunarathna, N and Assistant, R (2003) Organisational culture in construction: An employee perspective. Construction Economics and Building, 3(1), pp. 19-30. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
A large number of stakeholders in construction projects makes the construction industry prone to disputes. The historical separation between design and construction add to this phenomenon by having a consultant for design and a contractor for construction. Communication breakdown, frequently, is the first sign of problems, notably in the relationship between the Contractor and the Consultant. Therefore, it appears that the split between design and construction has given rise to two separate cultures in the construction industry. This paper attempts to identify whether there is a difference in organisational culture between Consultants and Contractors taken as two groups and determine whether a specific attribute was related to the cultural differences between the two entities. Based on case studies it was found that consultants are biased towards Clan culture while contractors are biased towards Market culture. However, both groups show similar affinity to Adhocracy and Hierarchy cultures.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | competing value framework introdljction; consultant; contractor; culture; organisation |
| Index terms: | organizational culture, construction industry, dispute, cultural difference, design and construction, case study, construction project |
| Subjects: | production management, dispute resolution, data collection methods, industry analysis, contractual arrangements, sociology, cross-cultural studies |
| Topics: | Project Management, Research Practice, Procurement, International Construction, Legal Issues, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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