Key stakeholders’ perspectives on the ideal partnering culture in construction projects

Key stakeholders’ perspectives on the ideal partnering culture in construction projects

Lühr, G.J. (Alma Mater europaea - European Center Maribor)
Bosch-Rekveldt, M.G.C. (TU Delft Integral Design & Management)
Radujkovic, Mladen (Alma Mater europaea - European Center Maribor)

2020

This paper examines the current state of project cultures in the German turnkey construction industry and the ideal project cultures in terms of partnering from the perspective of various key stakeholders (i.e., Investors, General Contractors, (Sub-)Contractors and Designers). To investigate the current and ideal cultures, data were gathered among the key stakeholders by means of a survey study with 72 respondents divided over 12 companies. The respondents rated the current and desired cultures by using the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument, which belongs to the Competing Values Framework. The investigations show many similarities and differences between the stakeholder perspectives of the current and the idealized partnering project cultures. Mainly, the General Contractors desire more cooperative behaviors than the (Sub-)Contractors, and the Investors desire more pronounced flexibility than the General Contractors. All stakeholders desire a cultural change from highly competitive behaviors toward more cooperation. Changes in terms of clear procedures or more flexibility are only desired by the Designers. Defining both the current and an ideal partnering project culture enables academics and project managers to compare their actual project cultures to an ideal situation. With such an approach, academics and project managers could measure whether new tools or changes in resources affect their project cultures toward a partnering project culture.

project culture
organisational culture
partnering
construction culture
stakeholder perspectives
German

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:68197e70-4f91-4ac6-a2ef-b0b79d8a9755

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-020-0135-z

2021-05-02

2096-0255

Frontiers of Engineering Management, 9 (2), 312-325

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© 2020 G.J. Lühr, M.G.C. Bosch-Rekveldt, Mladen Radujkovic