Understanding Organisational Culture in the Construction Industry (Spon Research)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
1 An introduction to organisations, culture, performance and construction......Page 16
2 Organisations, culture and climate......Page 32
3 Organisational culture studies......Page 54
4 Measuring organisational performance and effectiveness......Page 69
5 Organisational culture and effectiveness: Investigating the link between them......Page 93
6 Research on the relationship between organisational culture and performance in Hong Kong construction companies......Page 120
7 The Hong Kong experiment: Presentation of demographic data, overall results and some descriptive and qualitative analysis......Page 159
8 Detailed statistical analysis of the DOCS and PASS data in relation to the major research questions......Page 177
9 Four Hong Kong construction mini-case studies......Page 191
10 Conclusions and future research directions......Page 221
Appendix A......Page 234
Appendix B......Page 235
References......Page 240
Index......Page 268