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This paper reports the findings of a survey undertaken with a government department in Queensland, Australia and it … organisational culture developed in the department. The level of commitment was also found to be low in three dimensions – normative …, continuous and affective. The findings of the survey are discussed and explored with reference to Hofstede’s culture concepts …
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How is organisational and national culture relevant to making project procurement choices? This is a question that is … can make a contribution that is worthwhile, valued and engenders their commitment. Culture, when looked at from this … introduction section posed the question why culture is central to project procurement and indicated how this may be so. The second …
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implications for a construction project. The authors indicate how changes in procurement culture towards sustainable business … paper is based on research undertaken in the public sector in Queensland, Australia. …
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suitable contractual and noncontractual incentives for building a relational contracting (RC) culture and fostering effective …
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This exploratory paper examines the drivers and obstacles to construction innovation. It is based on a large-scale survey of nearly 400 businesses in the Australian construction industry conducted in 2004, and twelve in-depth case studies of innovation on Australian construction projects between...
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The use of financial incentives in construction projects has been seen as a way to improve short term motivation, collaboration and reinforce long term commitment between project stakeholders. Yet, very little empirical research has been conducted into how financial incentives should be applied...
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This original empirical research was conducted to explore the relationship between business strategies and innovation implementation by project-based firms. The relative importance of five types of business strategies was assessed, concerning: (1) employees, (2) marketing, (3) technology, (4)...
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Motivation is a major driver of project performance. Despite team member ability to deliver successful project outcomes if they are not positively motivated to pursue joint project goals, then performance will be constrained. One approach to improving the motivation of project organizations is...
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The dominant economic paradigm currently guiding industry policy making in Australia and much of the rest of the world …. The BRITE Survey was undertaken in 2004 and it is the largest construction innovation survey ever conducted in Australia …
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PPP infrastructure project procurement in Indonesia and Australia. Public Sector Comparator (PSC) is used to assess the … potential project VFM quantitatively in Australia. In Indonesia, the PSC has not been applied, where the PPP procurement …
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