Benefits of Multicultural Project Team Setting: Views of Professionals in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

11 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Ernest Kissi, Prosper Babon-Ayeng and Amma Kyewaa Agyekum

Abstract

The management of culturally diversified team can most often create exasperating management quandaries. However, studies indicate that multicultural project team settings have the potential to achieve higher productivity than homogenous team. Hence, this study is conducted to explore the benefits of multicultural project team settings using the views of professionals in the Ghanaian Construction industry. The study adopted a data reduction technique to examine the benefits of multicultural project team setting. The data was subjected to principal component analysis after passing all of the requisite tests of survey instrument reliability, sample size adequacy, and population matrix, resulting in the identification of three thematic multicultural project team setting benefits. The findings of the study reveal that the three key benefits of multicultural project team setting are promotion of personal and professional growth, provides a strong competitive advantage and an avenue for effective decision-making. The findings of this study are intended to help organisations in managing multicultural team settings in bringing out the best in terms of increased organisational performance. The findings of this study will serve as an important document for the management of multicultural project teams.

Keyphrases: identity., multicultural, project team

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 110-120.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/fX8B
	https://doi.org/10.29007/bkr9

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Benefits_Multicultural_Project_Team,
  author    = {Ernest Kissi and Prosper Babon-Ayeng and Amma Kyewaa Agyekum},
  title     = {Benefits of Multicultural Project Team Setting: Views of Professionals in the Ghanaian Construction Industry},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/fX8B},
  doi       = {10.29007/bkr9},
  pages     = {110-120},
  year      = {2022}}

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