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.

Autorentext

Amjad Hariz is a Construction Manager with more than nine years of experience in the construction industry. Dr Mohammed Dulaimi is a senior academic with an extensive experience in research in construction management and project management. Dr Dulaimi is the supervisor of the research reported in this book.