International conference on construction engineering and project management (국제학술발표논문집)

  • 2007.03a
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  • Pages.169-178
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  • 2007
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  • 2508-9048(eISSN)
Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management (한국건설관리학회)
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A STUDY ON CULTURAL PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS IN MALAYSIA

  • H. Abdul-Rahman (Center of Project and Facilities Management (PFM), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya) ;
  • Wang Chen (Center of Project and Facilities Management (PFM), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya) ;
  • Halimatun. Othman (Center of Project and Facilities Management (PFM), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya)
  • Published : 2007.03.01
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Abstract

This paper has investigated the cultural practices influencing business performance and integrity in selected Malaysian contractors and has discussed culture related issues to improve the management of cultural capitals in the Malaysian construction industry. Issues of current enterprise culture and applicable cultural practices, leadership styles, enterprise axiology and integrity, cultural practices and loyalty, and identification of organizational culture are discussed during the semi-structured interviews and questionnaire survey. Conclusions has been drawn that the people oriented and task oriented management style have a similar quantity of supporters in Malaysian contractors. The integrity and profit are respectively identified as the enterprise axiology in the ethical and economic perspective. The monkey culture is considered as the most applicable type for the cultural practice and the current enterprise cultures applied in the Malaysian contractors are mostly positive to both the organizations and society.

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