An Investigation of the Relationship between Project Organizational Culture and Procurement Approach of Construction Project Organizations

Culture topic recently has attracted much attention by researchers since it is recognized as influencing performance of an organization. As such, cultural attributes have been examined at various levels in terms of national culture, industry culture, and organizational culture. In construction industry,
organizational culture within project level is not commonly addressed. This paper aims to figure out a framework of the project organizational culture in perspective of work-practice based, and to examine the hypothesis of the relationship between project organizational culture and procurement approach using project-specific data that were collected from 199 completed construction projects in Vietnam. A questionnaire survey was conducted to develop a conceptual framework for project organizational culture and to examine the correlation between culture and procurement approach. This paper has clarified a
significant association between project organizational culture and procurement characteristics. The results may assist a possibility to improve culture, within project level, which is expected to enhance the project performance.