Influence of Organisational Culture on Total Quality Management Implementation in the Australian Construction Industry

This study explores the relationship between organisational culture and total quality management (TQM) implementation in Australia, with the purpose of identifying the particular culture that dominants the Australian construction industry, and distinguishing which cultures determine the successful i...

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Published in:Buildings (Basel) 2022-04, Vol.12 (4), p.496
Main Authors: Coelho, Carla, Mojtahedi, Mohammad, Kabirifar, Kamyar, Yazdani, Maziar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Cluster analysis
Construction industry
construction-based organisations
Corporate culture
Culture
Customer satisfaction
Empowerment
Flexibility
Hypotheses
Influence
Literature reviews
Markets
organisational culture assessment
Quality management
Statistical analysis
Success
Teamwork
Total quality
Total quality management
Variance analysis
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Summary:This study explores the relationship between organisational culture and total quality management (TQM) implementation in Australia, with the purpose of identifying the particular culture that dominants the Australian construction industry, and distinguishing which cultures determine the successful implementation of TQM. Although the application of the competing values framework (CVF) for evaluating organisational culture (OC) in the construction industry has been studied by some scholars, research into OC and its impact on TQM procedures in connection to the CVF in project-based industries such as construction has received less attention. Thus, this research intends to determine the relationship between OC and TQM regarding the CVF in the Australian construction industry. The research methodology used the validated organisational culture assessment instrument (OCAI) CVF to frame OC, and TQM practices identified from the literature review. An online questionnaire was distributed through Qualtrics, whereby 42 valid responses representing various construction organisations in Australia were analysed through IBM SPSS Statistics 26 through endorsing k-means cluster analysis, and analysis of variance. The findings support that Australian construction organisations are dominated by the market and external focused cultures according to the CVF of organisational classification. Furthermore, the findings acknowledge that organisations that are dominated by hierarchical cultural characterises could provide an unfavourable environment for the successful implementation of TQM. Whilst an organisation that obtains a mix of cultures, specifically with the adhocracy and market cultures dominating could provide a favourable environment for the successful implementation of TQM.
ISSN:2075-5309
2075-5309
DOI:10.3390/buildings12040496