2014
DOI: 10.5130/ajceb.v14i4.3938
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Dimensions of Organisational Culture in Quantity Surveying Firms in Nigeria

Abstract: The functionalist paradigm of organisational culture (OC) views culture as a variable subject to conscious manipulation and control in order to solve organisational challenges. Therefore, this paper provides information on how OC is a solution to the challenges in Quantity Surveying firms (QSFs).  This was achieved by eliciting the dimensions of OC in forty two QSFs in Lagos, Nigeria, which are the business, people and external environment dimensions. The paper concludes that OC is a relevant solution to the i… Show more

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“…Thus, a direct positive relationship between internal integration and performance of the company should be there. The relationship between organizational culture and organizational performance has also been done by [26], [3] and [32] that say that organizational culture has a positive relationship to organizational performance. [4] research address that there is a significant positive relationship between innovation and business performance.…”
Section: Relations Of Organizational Culture and Organizational Perfomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, a direct positive relationship between internal integration and performance of the company should be there. The relationship between organizational culture and organizational performance has also been done by [26], [3] and [32] that say that organizational culture has a positive relationship to organizational performance. [4] research address that there is a significant positive relationship between innovation and business performance.…”
Section: Relations Of Organizational Culture and Organizational Perfomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Nigeria, there is a dearth of studies on organisational culture of construction companies. Although Olanipekun et al (2013) studied the effects of organisational culture on the performance of quantity surveying firms in Nigeria using an assessment approach comprising dimensions suited to service organisations like quantity surveying firms rather than construction companies that produce buildings. Abiola-Falemu (2013) studied the relationship between organisational culture, job satisfaction and employee commitment, which impact on and could be an antithesis to poor performance problem of the construction industry; however, the absence of a two-way approach to measuring and confirming organisational culture of construction companies in Lagos State, Nigeria, leaves a lot of questions that could unravel the fundamental organisational culture issues in the Nigeria construction industry unanswered.…”
Section: Statement Of the Problemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also to examine the relationship between transformational leadership, organizational culture and performance, and to investigate whether transformational leadership and organizational culture will affect performance through employee satisfaction. Olanipekun, et al (61), revealed that organizational culture has an influence on performance.…”
Section: E Organizational Culture Performance Against Companymentioning
confidence: 99%