Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 21 Issue 4

Employee job satisfaction in engineering firms

Vivian W.Y. Tam, S.X. Zeng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among cultural values, using the dimension of power distance (PD), and employee job satisfaction in engineering firms in…

Determining the relationship between conflict factors and performance of international construction projects

Eyad Zouher Al-Sibaie, Ali Mohammed Alashwal, Hamzah Abdul-Rahman, Umi Kalsum Zolkafli

Conflict was recognized as a major cause of inefficiency and limited performance of construction projects. Factors pertaining to conflict in construction are vast; however, there…

Identifying macro-environmental critical success factors and key areas for improvement to promote public-private partnerships in infrastructure: Indonesia's perspective

Andreas Wibowo, Hans Wilhelm Alfen

The purpose of this paper is to identify macro-environmental critical success factors (CSFs) and key areas for improvement for public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure…

Construction workplace discrimination : Experiences of ethnic minority operatives in Hong Kong construction sites

Johnny Kwok Wai Wong, Autumn H.Q. Lin

The construction industry has been criticized for cultural intolerance and its poor industrial image. The ethnically diverse construction workplace in Hong Kong (HK) is frequently…

Critical failure factors of public-private partnership low-cost housing program in Thailand

Surangkana Trangkanont, Chotchai Charoenngam

Numerous studies to date have demonstrated the public-private partnership (PPP) project procurement method's failure to deliver low-cost housing (LCH) to low-income groups (LIGs…

Transaction costs incurred by construction owners

Huimin Li, David Arditi, Zhuofu Wang

Transaction costs arise from economic exchange rather than production activities. However, the term “transaction cost” is not consistently defined in the construction industry…

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer