In every construction project, conflict can occur because of the large number of
resources, activities, and parties that involved. Differences in the objectives, views,
opinions of each parties can lead conflict. Conflicts in construction projects could
affect the performance of the project itself. This research identifying the dominant
conflict factors which occurs between each parties and analyzing the relationship
between conflict and project performance. By knowing the dominant conflict
factors and the relationship with the project performance, hence each party involved
in the construction project will be able to attain better performance by mitigating
the conflict in the initial stage. The data used in this study are collected by using
questionnaire to several construction projects in Yogyakarta. Mean analysis is used
to examine the conflict factors in a construction project in Yogyakarta. Later,
correlation analysis is used to examine the relationship between conflict and project
performance of construction project in Yogyakarta.
The result of this study shows that respondents highly agree that different
interpretation in contract and specification, delay in making the decision and
responding to problems, errors and omissions in design and specifications, work is
not according to the time schedule, low productivity, and equipment and material
delay are the dominant conflict factors per category. It also shows that the dominant
conflict factor of construction projects in Yogyakarta is mostly caused by human
resources factor. Finally the result shows that the conflict have negatively related
to the project performance, with the correlation coefficient -0.976