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What are the main organizational characteristics of companies in the different sectors of the civil construction?

Abstract

The authors´ aim was to identify the factors that define the main organizational characteristics among the companies of the civil construction subsector which are located in the city of Curitiba and its metropolitan area, Brazil, as well as to verify the existing differences between the five most relevant activity segments of this market, i.e. residential, industrial and commercial, infrastructure, specialized services, and industrial construction. For this purpose, an applied, exploratory, and quantitative research was developed, at Master´s level. The Survey Method was selected as the main procedure for this study, allowing the retrieval of primary data through the application of a questionnaire in a group of 118 companies. The questionnaire aimed at identifying the profile of the organization and the organizational characteristics of the assessed companies. Data were analyzed through inferential statistics by applying multivariate techniques of factor analysis and discriminant analysis. The factor analysis highlighted the improvement strategies, the individual's behavior at work, the organizational structure, the dynamics of growth, management style, interpersonal relationships and the company´s orientation towards the market, as key factors. The discriminant analysis showed significant organizational development homogeneity for the companies representing the different sectors of activity.

Keywords:
Civil construction companies; Organizational characteristics; Multivariate analysis

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