Cultural Diversity in the Uae Construction Industry
The buoyant construction activities in
Dubai have attracted many multinational companies and
professionals from across the globe. One of the main
drawbacks of such business environment is the increasingly
high competition between such companies to recruit and
retain the needed human resources that have the desired
expertise and skills. The research reported in this book has
investigated the cultural diversity phenomenon within
construction projects in Dubai and its affect on project
team effectiveness. The main objectives of this research are
to assess the effectiveness of a culturally diverse project
team and the effectiveness of project managers in dealing
with such culturally diverse teams on construction projects.
The book reports the results of a study into the
relationship between the extent of cultural diversity and
project team effectiveness. The study was complemented [MD]
study suggest that there is no significant relationship
between the degree of project team cultural diversity and
their overall performance measure.