Impact of National Culture on the Management Practices of Construction Projects in the United Arab Emirates
| Autor: | Shamil Naoum, Andrew R. Atkinson, Abdul-Rahman T. Alyousif |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Construction management
Engineering Middle East business.industry Strategy and Management General Engineering Management styles Questionnaire Building and Construction Big Five personality traits and culture Management Science and Operations Research Public relations Decentralization Engineering management Industrial relations Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory Human resources business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Management in Engineering. 31 |
| ISSN: | 1943-5479 0742-597X |
| DOI: | 10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000265 |
| Popis: | Culture plays an important role in Arab Middle East society. Its unique historical, social, and religious traditions require special attention to cultural traits in the exercise of authority, control, and interaction. However, little research has investigated the effects of national culture on the management practices of construction companies. This research investigates this relationship through a questionnaire survey and interviews of a sample of construction companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It solicits views about the type of and experiences concerning the effect of the key national and cultural dimensions on adopted management practices. The research demonstrates that construction companies within the UAE construction industry have developed and adopted a unique management style that is a mixture of Western and Eastern management applications. These companies have primarily adopted a clan culture that emphasizes the development of human resources, flexibility, decentralization, tea... |
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