Oluwatayo, Adedapo Adewunmi and Amole, Dolapo
(2012)
Culture Of Architectural Firms In Nigeria: An Exploratory Study.
Journal of Construction in Developing Countries , 17 (2).
pp. 1-21.
ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
What is the culture of an architectural firm, and what are the organisational
characteristics that shape this culture? These are the questions addressed by this paper that
surveys 92 Nigerian architectural firms. The study investigated the culture of these
architectural firms using the response of the firms' principals to a questionnaire of value
statements regarding innovation, stability, people orientation, outcome orientation, team
orientation and aggressiveness. The culture types were determined using a two-step cluster
analysis of the data. Categorical regression was also used to determine the factors that
shaped a firm's culture. The study revealed that the architectural firms did not have either
market or hierarchical cultures. The findings also challenged the notion that larger firms tend
to be more impersonal. However, the predominance of responsive and staff-oriented
cultures confirmed the notion that service sector organisations are more people-oriented
than outcome-oriented confirms. The leadership style of the principals best predicted a firm's
culture.
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