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The Influence of National Cultures on Organizational Culture in Construction

According to Brown (1995), there are three main sources of organizational culture –national culture, type of economic activity and founder or dominant leader inside an organization. This article analyzes interaction between first two factors. More precisely, this article examines the influence of national culture of organizational culture in construction. The main questions are, first:is there any national culture which is optimal for organizational culture in construction? Second, is it possible to identify elements of national cultures that are detrimental for organizational culture in construction and, accordingly, to change them inorder to improve organizational culture? In addition, this article tries to predict the future of organizational culture in construction. Will globalization annihilate national differences in organizational culture in construction or we may expect competition between different organizational cultures based on differences between national cultures? Based on literature review, the following hypotheses are formulated: since construction business demands relatively high level of discipline, national cultures that are relatively authoritarian and collectivistic are sources for unqualified workers in construction. This is one of the reasons why construction business relatively easily absorbs immigrants. However, western culture (especially American organizationalculture) spreads through the process of globalization. Accordingly, it can be expected that, at the top level of management, differences of national culture will have diminishing influence.

organizational culture ; national culture ; construction ; globalization ; management

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