Dr Florence Phua is an international construction management specialist, integrating research and teaching with consultancy in project organisational performance, procurement systems and contract strategy. Prior to joining UNSW, she worked as a consultant for a leading quantity surveying firm in Malaysia before she went on to complete her Masters degree in construction project management in 1998. She has accumulated wide-ranging research and teaching experience working as a research fellow at the University of Hong Kong after obtaining her PhD in 2002.
Dr Phua endeavours to deliver her lectures in an interactive, engaging manner, encouraging as much as possible the discussion and critical analysis of issues and problems which are firmly grounded in academic research and business practice.
Her current research interest includes investigating aspects of organizational behaviour and the micro interdependent factors affecting the dynamics of macro construction project and industry outcomes.
Phua, FT., 2004, Improving Construction Cooperation: New Theoretical Insights into How and Why, Research Studies Press, United Kingdom.
Phua, FT. 'Examining the factors that lead to construction project success the influence of good project fees'. In: Proceedings of CIB W092 Procurement systems. University of Newcastle, CIBER, pp. 180 - 184 2007.
Phua, FT. 'Does senior executives` perception of environmental uncertainty affect the strategic functions of construction firms?'. International Journal of Project Management 2007; 25(8): pp. 753 - 761.
Phua, FT., 2006, 'Identifying the factors that influence the use of construction partnering as a procurement strategy', in International Sumposium on Construction in Developing Economies: New Issues & Challenges, eds Alfredo Serpell, Santiago, Chile, Chile, pp. 1 - 5
Phua, FT., 2006, 'Examining the effects of senior executives' perceived environmental uncertainty on the strategic functions of construction firms', in proceedings of the 22nd Association of Researchers in Construction management, eds David Boyd, Birmingham, UK, University of Reading, UK, pp. 199 - 206
Phua, FT., 2006, 'When is construction partnering likely to happen? An empirical examination of the role of institutional norms', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 24, pp. 615 - 624.
Phua, FT., 2006, 'Predicting construction firm performance: An empirical assessment of the differential impact between industry - and firm-specific factors', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 24, pp. 309 - 321.
Phua, FT., 2005, 'To what extent is project success determined by external environment factors', in The Impacts of Cultural Differences and Systems on Construction Performance, eds K. Sullivan and D.T. Kashiwagi, Las Vegas, USA, United States of America, pp. 433 - 438
Phua, FT. & *Thompson, ER., 2005, 'Development and validation of an internationally reliable shrt-form of the positive and negative affect schedule', in Evolving Structures of World Business: Challenges & Opportunities, eds T.S. Chan, G. Cui and A. Wau, Manila, Philippines, Hong Kong, pp. 1 - 35
Phua, FT., 2005, 'Determining the relationship between free structure and project performance between firms: an empirical study based on construction management & economics', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 23 No 1(1st), pp. 45 - 56.
*Thompson, ER. & Phua, FT., 2005, 'Reliability among senior managers of the Marlowe-Crowne short-form social desirability scale', in Journal of Business & Psychology, vol 19 N0 4(1st), pp. 541 - 554.
*Thompson, ER. & Phua, FT., 2005, 'Are national cultural traits applicable to senior firm managers?', in British Journal of Management, vol 16(1st), pp. 59 - 65.
Phua, FT., 2004, 'The Antecedent of Cooperative Behaviour Among Project Team members: An Alternative Perpective on an Old Issue', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 22, pp. 1033 - 1045.
Phua, FT., 2004, 'Operationalizing Culture in Construction Management Research: A Social Identity Perspective in the Hong Kong Context', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 22, pp. 913 - 925.
Phua, FT., 2004, 'Modelling the Determinants of Multi-Firm Project Success: A Grounded Exploration of Differring Participant Perspectives', in Construction Management & Economics, vol 22, pp. 451 - 459.
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