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A conceptual approach to studying the organisational culture of construction projects

Construction Economics and Building

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Title A conceptual approach to studying the organisational culture of construction projects
 
Creator Gajendran, Thayaparan
Brewer, Graham
Dainty, Andrew R J
Runeson, Goran
 
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Research Methodology
 
Description Studying the culture of project organisations requires a robust theoretical framework, which provides a platform for generating understanding. It is argued that cultural analysis frameworks are most effectively conceptualised from multiple philosophical and multi-methodological positions. To this end this paper presents a cultural analysis framework for studying construction project organisations, based on a synthesis of the culture literature. Four key aspects underpinning organisational cultural framework are explored: the paradigms used to conceptualise organisational culture, the methods by which individuals represent and assess cultural dimensions, the cultural perspectives assumed by the observer when defining and describing culture, and the managers’ orientation to culture in their organisations. The proposed framework comprises three synthesised cultural philosophical positions: integration-technical, differentiation-practical and fragmentation-emancipation. These philosophical positions span the polar extremes defining the cultural paradigm continuum, which together provide researchers and organisational managers with a sound foundation from which to study the culture of project organisations.  
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2012-05-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/1
10.5130/AJCEB.v12i2.2434
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 12, No 2 (2012): AJCEB; 26
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/1/2856
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Thayaparan Gajendran, Graham Brewer, Andrew R J Dainty, Goran Runeson
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