Linking Organizational Culture to Lean Implementation in the Malaysian Construction Industry: A Conceptual Framework

This paper examines the relationship and role of organizational culture in the implementation of Lean Construction. Being a conceptual paper, it provides a framework to identify relevant organizational culture attributes that have the potential to impact lean implementation in the construction industry. It is expected that through this framework, a step forward could be made towards culture as a useful explanatory concept in lean research. The framework is expected to be tested empirically using data from CIDB G7 contractors in the Malaysian Construction Industry. This paper contributes to the theories about the role of culture in lean implementation by developing a framework to investigate a more comprehensive but relevant set of cultural attributes, that would help achieve greater success in lean transformation initiative.