Mitigating Opportunistic Behaviors in Consulting Projects: Evidence from the Outsourced Architectural and Engineering Design

Li, Yadi; Yan, Ning

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0002305

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“…First, hierarchical regression analysis is a robust and accurate technique for examining curvilinear relationships among variables (Ren et al 2022). Second, hierarchical regression analysis permits the stepwise entry of variables based on the research framework (Li and Ning 2022). This facilitates specific hypothesis testing regarding linear, curvilinear, and combined influences.…”

Section: Statistical Models and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Environmental Collaboration and Greenwashing in Construction Projects: Integrative Governance Framework

Wang,

He,

Locatelli

et al. 2023

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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Environmental collaboration between organizations involved in construction projects enables the efficiency of environmental management to gain environmental sustainability. Yet, in many projects, this collaboration is gamed promoting contractor greenwashing behavior, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of environmental management.What is unclear are the underpinning mechanisms to concurrently increase environmental collaboration and decrease contractor greenwashing behavior in construction projects. We used an integrated theoretical framework based on social exchange theory and transaction cost economics to evaluate the potential linear, curvilinear, and combined influence of inter-organizational trust and formal contracts on environmental collaboration and contractor greenwashing behavior. Drawing evidence from questionnaire surveys, we find that two categories of interorganizational trust yield positive impacts on environmental collaboration and different curvilinear impacts on greenwashing behavior. Two categories of formal contracts exert an inverted U-shaped effect on environmental collaboration and heterogeneous effects on greenwashing behavior. We also find that formal contracts negatively moderate the effects of inter-organizational trust on environmental collaboration, and inter-organizational trust negatively moderates the impact of formal contracts on greenwashing. We provide novel insights into the interorganizational governance mechanisms regarding greenwashing in construction projects relevant for construction managers concerned with the environmental "efficiency-effectiveness".

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Section: Statistical Models and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Environmental Collaboration and Greenwashing in Construction Projects: Integrative Governance Framework

Wang,

He,

Locatelli

et al. 2023

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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“…The earliest research on information asymmetry in construction projects can be located in the Level II group (see [43,45,46,84]). The concept of information asymmetry was applied in research on the following: risk-sharing ratios between the client and contractor [85,86], affordability of new technologies and [10,45,46,87,88]; general contractor behavior in cases of subcontracting [84,89]; causes of cost overruns and low profitability [90][91][92][93]; inter-organizational trust asymmetry behavior in construction projects [94]; opportunistic behavior of agents in construction projects [95][96][97][98]; bid calculations for construction projects [99]; different types of contracts and incentive mechanisms [43,[100][101][102][103]; implementation of BIM in construction projects [104,105], procurement process [106]; supervision strategies of clients [107]; and effectiveness of safety monitoring in the construction industry [108].…”

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“…In this group, the most commonly mentioned risk caused by information asymmetry in construction research is incomplete or flexible contracts. The risk refers to loosely defined rights and obligations of the principal and the agent, as well as the rewards and punishments for the agent [29,32,34,55,71,74,77,78,87,97,98,102,107]. If all the risk is assumed by the principal, the agent will not pay attention to their behavior and mistakes in the project because they feel "safe".…”

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Risks Caused by Information Asymmetry in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

Ivić

Cerić

2023

Sustainability

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The construction industry has a great impact on the environment and, more than ever, bears responsibility for achieving global sustainability goals. Despite the increasing technological development in the industry, information asymmetry between construction project participants affects communication and causes risks that have the potential to seriously harm project goals. The main objective of this systematic review is to collect and analyze existing scientific papers to summarize knowledge on the risks influenced by information asymmetry in construction projects. The established PRISMA 2020 methodology was used to collect and analyze papers from the two largest databases of scientific literature, Web of Science and Scopus. The coding rules were set up to evaluate the 94 articles that were assessed as eligible. Furthermore, the content analysis was applied with a set of coding rules and with the help of the software Mendeley. This study finds that research on risks caused by information asymmetry is still new, limited and not well connected with theoretical concepts. The most common methods used by researchers are simulation and case study. With a thematic analysis of current knowledge, this study provides a synthesis of identified risks, consequences and mitigation measures, as well as directions for future research.

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“…Outcome control is of great benefit to both the public and private sectors. The private sector is given more autonomy in decision-making (Li and Ning, 2022;Stouthuysen et al, 2017), which brings two benefits in accomplishing the project objectives. First, the private sector is free to decide how to complete the project and how to allocate resources, which are conducive to project realization based on actual progress (Kirsch, 1996;Liu, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Process control specifies the procedure of the PPP project in advance and involves regular evaluation of real progress (Anderson and Oliver, 1987; Li and Ning, 2022). The public sector influences the private sector's behavior by regularly evaluating the procedures, which helps to achieve the desired targets.…”

Section: Research Hypothesesmentioning

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Effects of commitment-based governance on the relationship between formal control and PPP projects performance: mediating and moderating

Zhao²,

Chen³

2022

ECAM

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the dual effects of commitment-based governance on the relationship between formal control and public–private partnership (PPP) project performance. Formal control and relationship governance are two primary forms of inter-organizational governance that affect project performance. However, little is known about the interplay between formal control and commitment and its effect on PPP projects. More specifically, previous studies have failed to distinguish the function routes of relationship governance resulting from different types of formal control (process and outcome control).Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a questionnaire survey to empirically investigate the mechanism that commitment-based governance influences the relationship between formal control and PPP performance. After collecting data from public and private sector professionals involved in 101 Chinese PPP projects, the theoretical framework proposed in this paper is verified by the empirical results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis.FindingsThe results show that process control has an inverted U-shaped effect and outcome control has a significant positive influence on PPP project performance. Furthermore, commitment moderates the effect of formal control on PPP project performance by increasing the relevance of outcome control and mediates the inverted U-shaped relationship between process control and PPP project performance.Practical implicationsManagers should recognize that process control is a double-edged sword and prevent the overuse of process control. Managers should direct their attention toward efforts to improve the commitment, which allows for the effectiveness of outcome control strategies. Additionally, this study new measurement method for relationship governance suggests that managers should be aware of the difference in parties' perceptions of the relationship.Originality/valueThis study allows for a comprehensive understanding of the relationship governance-control nexus from a commitment perspective. The authors bring into light the dual role of commitment-based governance in the relationship between the two types of formal control and PPP project performance. Moreover, the new approach to measure relationship governance offers valuable insight into the measurement of variables about individual's perception.

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Mitigating Opportunistic Behaviors in Consulting Projects: Evidence from the Outsourced Architectural and Engineering Design

Cited by 12 publications

References 63 publications

Exploring Environmental Collaboration and Greenwashing in Construction Projects: Integrative Governance Framework

Exploring Environmental Collaboration and Greenwashing in Construction Projects: Integrative Governance Framework

Risks Caused by Information Asymmetry in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

Effects of commitment-based governance on the relationship between formal control and PPP projects performance: mediating and moderating

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