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Cross-cultural dimensions and cross-cultural orientations in construction projects: case study of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Rajenthiran, N
dc.contributor.author Madhuwanthi, HAS
dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, DMPP
dc.contributor.author Sirimewan, DC
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-29T09:02:48Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-29T09:02:48Z
dc.date.issued 2020-11-06
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16562
dc.description.abstract Significant issues affecting the success of construction projects due to globalisation is the establishment of a multicultural project team. Presently, China has emerged as one of Sri Lanka's main sources of foreign and commercial loans in an environment, where the island is seeking to rebuild and modernise infrastructure. However, the involvement of multi-cultural project teams often present unique challenges due to cross-cultural interactions, thereby, creating conflicts through construction projects, makes the conflict unavoidable. Therefore, this study was attempting to identify the cross-cultural dimensions and cross-cultural orientations in cross-cultural teamwork of Chinese contractors in construction projects in Sri Lanka. A qualitative approach was followed in this study in which multiple case study was selected as the most appropriate method for the research. Accordingly, semi-structured interviews were conducted among the selected four (4) respondents from each case to collect the data. Captured data was analysed by the manual content analysis method. An empirical investigation has been validated communication, leadership, trust, collectivism, team selection, uncertainty, team development and management as the common cross-cultural dimensions for all the three cases. This study added new cross-cultural dimensions to the literature in the context of Sri Lankan construction industry namely, coordination, harmony and customs with specific cross-cultural orientations. The study can be further developed to investigate strategies to manage intragroup conflicts occurs in cross-cultural teamwork of Sri Lankans and Chinese professionals in the Sri Lankan construction industry. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Construction projects en_US
dc.subject Cross-culture en_US
dc.subject Cross-culture dimensions en_US
dc.subject Cross-culture orientations en_US
dc.subject China en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title Cross-cultural dimensions and cross-cultural orientations in construction projects: case study of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Building Economics en_US
dc.identifier.year 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Dimensions of space multi-disciplinary approaches en_US
dc.identifier.place University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 228-236 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 13th International Research Conference - FARU 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.email vrnirusika@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email hasmadhuwanthi@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email piumi2d@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email dianis@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/FARU.2020.26 en_US


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