The learning climate of chartered quantity surveying practices

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David Lowe
Martin Skitmore

Abstract

This paper reports on a fully structured interview survey investigating the relationship between the learning climate of chartered quantity surveying practices and individual learning styles, approaches to learning, ability, measures of length of service and the size of the quantity surveying organisation. The results indicate that the learning environment is generally supportive in terms of human support, but less supportive in terms of staff development systems; as individuals rise in the hierarchy of an organisation, their perception of its ability to provide an appropriate learning environment increases. Likewise, perceptions of human support and working practices within organisations increase significantly with length of time in the profession; larger organisations have more advanced staff development systems but provide less human support; and the learning environment both overall and in terms of working practices correlates positively with learning styles and approaches to learning.

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Lowe, D., & Skitmore, M. (2011). The learning climate of chartered quantity surveying practices. Construction Economics and Building, 11(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v11i4.2238
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Author Biographies

David Lowe, The University of Manchester

Lecturer, Manchester Business School,

Martin Skitmore, Queensland University of Technology

Professor, School of Urban Development,