Social responsibility research within the context of megaproject management: Trends, gaps and opportunities

Zhou, Zhipeng; Mi, Chuanmin

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.02.017

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“…In the end, they have implemented their approach in a solar air‐conditioner manufacturer. Zhou and Mi (2017) provided a comprehensive review of social sustainability in the megaproject. They have presented some recommendations for scholars who want to conduct a study on social responsibility in megaprojects.…”

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Sustainable Supplier Selection in Megaprojects: Grey Ordinal Priority Approach

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Due to mounting environmental and social challenges, supplier selection has become one of the most critical tasks of project‐oriented organizations. Because supplier selection can affect the long‐term success and profitability of the organizations and their projects, directly, embracing sustainability can add value in the equation. Considering sustainability measures can positively guide project managers in making better decisions for the projects in the long term. Therefore, the current study attempts to provide a conceptual model for selecting the best supplier based on a sustainability framework in megaprojects. Meanwhile, decision‐making methods can be employed as a proper tool to find the best supplier. Ordinal priority approach (OPA) is a recent development in multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), while it has many benefits compared with other methods like analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). However, this method cannot consider multiple ranks during the decision‐making process, and using an uncertainty approach feels strongly. Grey systems theory (GST) can consider uncertainties with no need for large sample or proposing membership function. Hence, the current study employed the GST to consider multiple ranks for criteria and alternatives in the OPA method. This is the first time that a sustainable supplier selection framework has been presented for megaprojects with the aid of the Grey OPA (OPA‐G) method. Finally, a case study has been examined to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. The results show that the proposed approach can be used in real‐world situations and it has acceptable performance under uncertainty conditions.

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Sustainable Supplier Selection in Megaprojects: Grey Ordinal Priority Approach

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“…For example, the improvement of safety culture in the Delhi Metro project in India [51]. Therefore, Zhou and Mi [52] recommended to propose a social responsibility register through some methods, such as expert judgment and interviews, to facilitate the dynamic management of social responsibility throughout the megaproject life cycle. On the basis of the above analysis, we propose the second hypothesis as follows.…”

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Institutional Pressures and Megaproject Social Responsibility Behavior: A Conditional Process Model

Xie

Xia

2021

Buildings

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Megaproject social responsibility (MSR) is a critical factor regarding the sustainable delivery of megaprojects and MSR behavior to implement MSR. However, the questions of which factors effectively promote MSR behavior and how these factors work remain underexamined. Thus, this study aims to examine how the external institutional pressure and internal factors composed of relational behavior and pure altruistic values affect MSR behavior. On the basis of a conditional process analysis conducted on a set of survey data from various organizations involved in megaprojects in China, the results revealed that the higher the degree of mimetic pressure, the higher the degree of MSR behavior. Concurrently, relational behavior mediates the relationship between normative pressures and MSR behavior. Relational behavior also drives MSR behavior, and pure altruistic values moderate the relationships between institutional pressures and MSR behavior. These findings also provide practical suggestions for policymakers on the implementation and governance of MSR.

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“…31 Therefore, the cost of 0.01% of GDP is considered to be a rational criterion that a country can apply as a threshold. 31,46 The details of megaproject characteristics, as noted in the literature, are presented in Figure 1.…”

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Clarifying megaproject complexity in developing countries: A literature review and conceptual study

Damayanti

Hartono

Wijaya

2021

International Journal of Engineering Business Management

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Complexity is considered one of the hallmarks of megaproject failure; however, no common definition of complexity in the megaproject context exists in contemporary literature; particularly in developing countries. The present study explores the definitions, characteristics, and strategy to respond to the complexity of megaprojects in developing countries. An exploration of normative theories and a systematic literature review were performed to investigate the concept of complexity. This study proposes the definition of complexity as a “challenge” for entities—including project managers—in megaproject management. This definition extends to encompass both positive and negative challenges, offering a more balanced perspective on the causes of failure in addition to the sources of opportunities for innovation. We determine the aspects of megaproject complexity associated with structural and social factors of interrelatedness, nonlinearities, and emergence. This study proposes a formal definition, clarifying the characteristics of complexity and synthesizing strategy themes that respond to megaproject complexity. This resulting study provides insights for both megaproject researchers and professionals.

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Social responsibility research within the context of megaproject management: Trends, gaps and opportunities

Cited by 84 publications

References 39 publications

Sustainable Supplier Selection in Megaprojects: Grey Ordinal Priority Approach

Sustainable Supplier Selection in Megaprojects: Grey Ordinal Priority Approach

Institutional Pressures and Megaproject Social Responsibility Behavior: A Conditional Process Model

Clarifying megaproject complexity in developing countries: A literature review and conceptual study

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