The construction sector has lagged behind regarding quality development. Though quality issues have become the major concern in the construction industry, there is an absence of the theory that propagates construction quality which lead to quality performance. This paper discusses the adaptation criteria for the Malaysian contractors that could be adapt for the management as well as the staff. Extensive literature reviews were done to identify adaptation criteria within the Malaysian context. Therefore, this paper encourages the contractors to implement these criteria in the workplace to improve the quality of life of contractors that will lead to project success.Keywords: Quality Culture; Adaptation; Criteria; MalaysianeISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to identify the financial sharing limitation in contractor’s infrastructure project in joint venture implementation.  Methodology: Using the quantitative method, the questionnaires, constructed based on external and internal variables were distributed to the selected respondents. The analysis of the data is conducted with simple SPSS analysis to identify the mean, median and standard deviation. The ranking of the variables is drawn from the results. Results: The outcome of this research has found that the crucial external limitations are penalty to the foreigners and that market legislation requires limitation in the sharing proportion. Meanwhile, for the internal limitation the ownership control and rate fluctuation should be followed with certain marking lines.   Implication: Thus, this paper stimulates the joint venture contractor to set up the post financial remedial plan once one of the collaborative partners breaches the agreement on the joint venture due financial limitation.