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Adewunmi, Y, Omirin, M and Koleoso, H (2016) Prioritising facilities management services for benchmarking in selected cities in Nigeria. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 131-45.

Aje, I O, Oladinrin, T O and Nwaole, A N C (2016) Factors influencing success rate of contractors in competitive bidding for construction works in South-East, Nigeria. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 19-34.

Al Nasseri, H and Aulin, R (2016) Understanding management roles and organisational behaviours in planning and scheduling based on construction projects in Oman. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 1-18.

Foster, P, Abdelal, G, Lim, J B P, Hajsadeghi, M and McCrum, D (2016) Finite element modelling of cyclic behaviour of cold-formed steel bolted moment-resisting connections. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 167-80.

Gambo, N, Said, I and Ismail, R (2016) Influences of cost factors affecting technical performance of local government projects in Nigeria: A partial least square-structural equation modeling approach. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 85-111.

Gomez, C and Gambo, M (2016) Evaluation of special purpose vehicle organisation skill sets taxonomy for effective public-private partnership infrastructure project delivery. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 147-65.

Kwofie, T E, Adinyira, E and Fugar, F (2016) Modelling the effect of housing design unit contract packaging on mass housing project team communication performance. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 35-50.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: communication ineffectiveness; housing design unit contract packaging; mass housing projects
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1823-6499
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2016.21.1.3
  • Abstract:
    Studies exploring success on mass housing projects (MHPs) continue to cite communication ineffectiveness inherent from the unique attributes of mass housing as a major problem in the delivery. Unfortunately, these studies fail to establish the nature and extent to which the observed communication ineffectiveness is attributed to the unique characteristics displayed by MHPs. Here, this study aims at exploring the influence of the housing design unit contract packaging (HDP) features of MHPs on project team communication performance. By adopting a questionnaire survey and the use of structural equation model (SEM), the study used empirical data collected from project team leaders on mass housing project sites in Ghana to assess the communication ineffectiveness inherent in the HDP attributes. The evidence gathered from the empirical study indeed supports the hypothesis that the HDP features of MHPs significantly contribute to communication ineffectiveness related to information flow and information composition among the project team. These findings affirm the uniqueness of MHPs and suggest the need for project teams and stakeholders on mass housing to adopt communication methods, medium, strategies and management approaches that fit the mass housing project environment to engender managerial and communication efficiencies in mass housing delivery. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2016.

Samarghandi, H, Tabatabaei, S M M, Taabayan, P, Hashemi, A M and Willoughby, K (2016) Studying the reasons for delay and cost overrun in construction projects: The case of Iran. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 51-84.

Sanga, S A and Lucian, C (2016) Cost shares and factor-cost ratios in owner-built incremental housing in dar es salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 21(1), 113-30.