Predicting the critical organizational behavior and culture of the Turkish construction industry's occupational groups for determining the success of the construction business

• Published in: Heliyon 2024-06, Vol.10 (12), p.e33197, Article e33197
• Main Authors: Akıner, Muhammed Ernur, Akıner, İlknur, Yitmen, İbrahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: construction industry; Contracting companies; Culture in construction; Factor analysis; Organizational behavior; principal component analysis; quantitative analysis; Questionnaire; questionnaires; surveys
• ISSN: 2405-8440; 2405-8440
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33197

Organizational culture is connected to people's capacity to organize themselves internally and adapt to the outside environment. Contracting companies were asked to complete a questionnaire based on organizational culture characteristics. This study intends to make a substantial theoretical contribution by demonstrating a broader perspective on exposing the essential cultural features using a quantitative approach with the fewest possible questions. Exploratory factor analysis and Principal Component Analysis were used to identify the most critical variables and extract a more manageable number of components from multiple related variables. Twenty-eight variables were reduced to thirteen to eliminate statistical cross-loading. Furthermore, the organizational culture was simplified from eight to three dimensions. Thirteen factors were created based on cultural habits in the construction sector, with three inclusive dimensions: multiple motivational, one–bipolar, and many bipolar. This study provides a more succinct survey that quantifies cultural habits and their influence on sectoral performance. •The study discovered a substantial statistical link within the questionnaire items used to evaluate corporate culture's impact on performance.•The study disclosed that the critical cultural aspects can be surveyed using a quantitative technique with the fewest possible questions.•Exploratory factor analysis and Principal Component Analysis were applied to extract a more manageable number of factors.•Twenty-eight variables were reduced to thirteen, and the organizational culture was reduced from eight to three dimensions.•Upon the cultural behaviors, thirteen variables were defined under dimensions: multiple motivational, one bipolar, and many bipolar.