The Impact of Project Organizational Culture on the Performance of Construction Projects

Tsunemi Watanabe,Luong Nguyen

doi:10.3390/su9050781

Abstract

Cultural influence has recently received significant attention from academics due to its vital role in the success or failure of a project. In the construction industry, several empirical investigations have examined the influence of culture on project management. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of project organizational culture on the performance of construction projects. A total of 199 completed construction projects in Vietnam with specific data gathering through questionnaires were analyzed. The findings reveal that contractor commitment to contract agreements is the most significant cultural factor affecting project performance. Goal alignment and reliance, contractor commitment, and worker orientation (i.e., commitment to workers) contribute to improved overall performance and participant satisfaction. Contractor commitment and cooperative orientation enhance labor productivity, whereas goal alignment and trust and contractor commitment ensure learning performance (i.e., learning from experience). The findings of this study may assist construction professionals in implementing practices that can contribute to the sustainability and success of construction projects.

Highlights

Construction project performance has been reported by literature with the following critical problems being found: poor quality, over budget, missing timeliness, unsafe construction and client dissatisfaction [1,2,3,4]
The final factor loading matrices show that the five culture components that were initially extracted account for 62.488% of the total variance in the 29 cultural artifacts, which indicates that those extracted artifacts can help to explain project organizational culture [96]
The analysis of variance (ANOVA), which tests whether a model is a useful predictor of project performance, provides significant results (p < 0.000), indicating that the recommended models significantly improve the prediction of project performance

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Introduction

Construction project performance has been reported by literature with the following critical problems being found: poor quality, over budget, missing timeliness, unsafe construction and client dissatisfaction [1,2,3,4]. The factors that potentially influence the success or failure of construction projects must be identified to improve project performance. A number of studies conducted to identify Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of construction projects have been conducted over the years [5,6,7,8]. Sanvido et al [9] define the variables that determine project success These factors are described in the literature as critical success or failure factors [6]. Many studies related to each of these factors have been conducted in this field, and they have yielded valuable insights. Among these studies, notable examples include Proverbs et al [26], Moselhi et al [27], Cserháti and Szabó [12], and Mir and Pinnington [28]

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