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Perceptions of status and TMO workgroup cooperation: implications for project governance

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posted on 2013-05-30, 10:46 authored by Aaron Anvuur, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, Richard Fellows
Achieving and sustaining the cooperation of individuals with their temporary multi-organization (TMO) workgroups is, arguably, one of the most enduring challenges facing the construction sector. A mediational model connecting pride and self-respect to each of four dimensions of cooperative behaviour-in-role, compliance, extra-role, and deference-is tested in a survey sample of 140 construction professionals in Hong Kong. Bootstrap tests of the indirect effect of pride on cooperative behaviour suggest that self-respect fully mediates the influence of pride on in-role behaviour and compliance behaviour, and partially mediates the influence of pride on extra-role behaviour. The results also suggest that pride has no effect on deference behaviour. While needing corroboration by future research, the findings suggest that viable strategies designed to foster pride and self-respect could engender and sustain cooperation in construction TMO workgroups, and support ongoing efforts to reform construction. The bootstrapping procedures for testing intervening variable models are elaborated in the hope that this will encourage more process analysis research in construction. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Citation

ANVUUR, A.M., KUMARASWAMY, M.M. and FELLOWS, R., 2012. Perceptions of status and TMO workgroup cooperation: implications for project governance. Construction Management and Economics, 30 (9), pp.719-737.

Publisher

Routledge (© Taylor & Francis)

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2012

Notes

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the journal Construction Management and Economics [© Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01446193.2012.688137

ISSN

0144-6193

eISSN

1466-433X

Language

  • en