scholarly journals The Conditional Limitation of Relational Governance: The Moderating Role of Project Complexity

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jie Yang ◽  
Qian Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Relational Governance ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Governance Effectiveness ◽  
General Contractors ◽  
Moderating Role

Relational governance is generally concerned with the framework of project governance. However, this governance still has its limitations, which vary depending on contextual factors. Using transaction cost economics theory, this study considers project complexity as the moderator in studying the influence of trust as the most representative factor of relational governance in project performance. Empirical analysis with 302 owners and general contractors as a sample reveals that trust can effectively improve project performance and has a negative correlation with opportunism. The influence path of “trust–opportunism–project performance” is emphasized. The test of moderating effects shows that high project complexity increases the governance effectiveness of competence-based trust on project performance but weakens the governance effectiveness of goodwill-based trust on project performance. At the same time, high project complexity increases the governance effectiveness of goodwill-based trust on opportunism but weakens the governance effectiveness of competence-based trust on opportunism. The conclusion of this work can be used as a reference for the rational application of relational governance factors to various complex projects. This research also provides important inspiration for selecting appropriate relational governance directions to enhance project performance.

Project Complexity and Bonding Social Capital in Network Organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 936-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curt B. Moore ◽  
G. Tyge Payne ◽  
Chad W. Autry ◽  
Stanley E. Griffis
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Cooperative Interaction ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Network Organizations

This study conceptually and empirically explores how project complexity and bonding forms of social capital influence performance outcomes in network organizations. Specifically, we focus on how bonding social capital within network organizations—measured as frequency of collaboration and degree of network coupling—can influence project performance outcomes both (a) directly by facilitating cooperative interaction and (b) contingently by mitigating the transaction costs associated with the management of complex projects. Using longitudinal data on contracted construction jobs to test our hypotheses, we find that project complexity is negatively related to project performance and bonding social capital has both direct and moderating effects. Contrary to expectations, however, we find that the different types of bonding social capital affect project performance uniquely and not always in an improved direction. Our findings suggest a more multifarious relationship than previous social capital research might imply.

Impact of knowledge sharing and absorptive capacity on project performance: the moderating role of social processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Ali ◽  
Ata Ul Musawir ◽  
Murad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Knowledge Governance ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This study aims to propose an integrated model to examine the impact of knowledge governance, knowledge sharing and absorptive capacity (ACAP) on project performance in the context of project-based organizations (PBOs). This study also examines the moderating role of social processes on the relationships among these variables. Design/methodology/approach To test the proposed model, cross-sectional data were collected regarding projects from 133 PBOs in Pakistan’s information technology/software industry. The data were analyzed using the partial least squares – structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method and PRCOESS tool. Finally, this study also uses causal asymmetry analysis to check asymmetric relationship in the key constructs. Findings The results generally support the proposed model. Knowledge governance and knowledge sharing are important antecedents for improving the ACAP of the project, which in turn significantly improves project performance. Additionally, social processes positively moderate the relationship between knowledge sharing and ACAP, as well as between ACAP and project performance. Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that PBOs should invest in developing a knowledge governance system that guides and stimulates knowledge sharing within and between projects. This would boost the ACAP of projects and lead to superior project performance. Originality/value This study addresses the important issue of knowledge management in IT/software projects. It proposes a unique model that integrates the key constructs of knowledge management and describes their effect on project performance.

Knowledge-Oriented Leadership, Team Cohesion, and Project Success: A Conditional Mechanism

2022 ◽  
pp. 875697282110631
Author(s):  
Shahida Mariam ◽  
Kausar Fiaz Khawaja ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar ◽  
Farooq Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Leadership Team ◽  
Team Cohesion ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

We examined the impact of knowledge-oriented leadership on project success via team cohesion and the moderating role of valuing people and project complexity on this relationship. We collected data from 121 project employees in Pakistan in a two-wave field survey at an interval of 15 days. The results showed a positive association between knowledge-oriented leadership and project success, and team cohesion partially mediated this relationship. Valuing people positively moderated the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and team cohesion. Project complexity had a negative but insignificant moderating effect on project success. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Activity Limitations and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Couples: The Moderating Role of Spousal Care

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Hwang Han ◽  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Jeffrey A Burr
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Activity Limitations ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Spousal Caregiving ◽  
Living Related ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Retirement Study

Abstract Objectives Limitations in performing basic daily activities, as well as spousal caregiving that arises from activity limitations, are important factors that have ramifications for mental health among couples. The objective of this study was to investigate the interplay of these factors by focusing on whether the associations between activity limitations and depressive symptoms among coupled-individuals were moderated by receipt and provision of spousal care. Methods Longitudinal household data from the Health and Retirement Study (2004–2014; dyad N = 6,614) were analyzed to estimate within-person associations between one’s own and spousal activity limitations, receipt and provision of spousal care, and depressive symptoms. Results Findings showed a consistent link between one’s own activity limitations and depressive symptoms for both spouses, whereas spousal activity limitations were associated with depressive symptoms for wives only. We also found moderating effects of spousal care in the link between one’s own and spousal activity limitations and depressive symptoms. Discussion Receipt and provision of activities of daily living-related assistance may contextualize the association between activity limitations and depressive symptoms among older coupled-individuals in a direction that could alleviate or aggravate the risk of depression.

Promote the price promotion

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1065-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Chun Huang ◽  
Ya-Ting Chang ◽  
Che-Yi Yeh ◽  
Chung-Wei Liao
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Price Promotions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chain Stores ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose – The authors empirically evaluated the effect of price promotions on customer quality evaluations and repeat-purchase intentions in coffee chain stores. The moderating role of customer characteristics in this process was also investigated. Design/methodology/approach – Consumers in 12 coffee chain stores were surveyed and 488 usable questionnaires were obtained. Relationships in the test model were examined using structural equation modeling techniques. A multiple-group solution was used to test the moderating effects of consumer characteristics. Findings – The results of structural equation modeling analyses suggested that price-promotion activities at Starbucks in Taiwan had a favorable effect on customer quality evaluations and positively influenced repeat-purchase intentions. The moderating effects of consumer characteristics were partially supported. Whereas sex showed no significant moderating effect, consumption frequency did demonstrate a moderating effect. Practical implications – The results indicate that existing customers may see price promotions at Starbucks in Taiwan as a reward or incentive, and thus lead to an increase in favorable evaluations. The findings provide a new perspective that may encourage those involved in the marketing of coffee chain stores to manage price promotions in a more strategic manner by considering customer characteristics. Originality/value – The effects of price promotions on brand evaluation remain controversial and may vary among product categories. Additionally, most studies regarding price promotions have used an experimental approach, and few studies of price promotions in the coffee industry have been reported. The study is among the first to empirically examine the effects of price promotions and the moderating role of consumer characteristics in the process at coffee chain stores.

MODERATING EFFECTS OF NEED FOR COGNITION ON ATTRACTIVENESS STEREOTYPING

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Perlini ◽  
Samantha D. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Peripheral Cues ◽  
Moderating Role

The present study investigated the moderating role of need for cognition (NFC), the tendency to engage in, and enjoy, effortful cognitive activity, on the attractiveness bias. Based on previous research suggesting that people low in NFC are more strongly influenced by peripheral cues of persuasion (including physical attractiveness), it was expected that such individuals, compared to those high in NFC, would exhibit a stronger tendency to attribute socially desirable traits to attractive persons. Participants high and low in NFC rated one of four photographs that varied in attractiveness and sex on 17 bipolar personality traits. While both high and low NFC participants rated the attractive target photographs as more socially desirable than the unattractive photographs, the magnitude of this effect was substantially larger for the low NFC participants. The findings suggest that NFC plays a moderating role in the attractiveness bias.

scholarly journals The Moral Foundations of Environmentalism: Care- and Fairness-Based Morality Interact With Political Liberalism to Predict Pro-Environmental Actions

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taciano L. Milfont ◽  
Caitlin L. Davies ◽  
Marc S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Political Ideology ◽  
Political Liberalism ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Green Party ◽  
Environmental Actions ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Electricity Conservation ◽  
Moderating Role

There is robust evidence showing associations between political ideology and environmentalism such that self-identified political liberals tend to hold greater pro-environmental positions than conservatives. Drawing from research on moral foundations, we report two studies examining the extent to which political ideology and individualising foundations of care- and fairness-based morality interact to predict environmentalism. Results support the predicted moderating role of individualising foundations, with no moderating effects for the binding foundations of loyalty-, authority- and sanctity-based morality. Liberal ideology was a stronger predictor of electricity conservation with increasingly high levels of individualising morals (Study 1, N = 144), while conservative ideology was a stronger predictor of positive feelings towards the Green Party with increasingly high levels of individualising morals (Study 2, N = 233). The results indicate that individualising morals might intensify environmentalism for those who already lean towards a pro-environmental stand but also for those who lean away from a pro-environmental stand. The findings confirm the important role of both care- and fairness-based morality in addressing environmental problems.

Do stressors stifle or facilitate employees' innovative use of enterprise systems: the moderating role of IT mindfulness

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaobo Wei ◽  
Fenfen Zhu ◽  
Xiayu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Role Of It ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Different Levels

PurposeInnovative use of enterprise systems (ES) by employees is essential for organisations to benefit from huge investments in such systems. Drawing on job demands-resources (JDR) theory, this study explores how stressors (i.e. challenge and hindrance stressors) influence employees' innovative use of ES, as well as considering the moderating effects of IT mindfulness.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from a longitudinal survey of 152 employees in a large financial service company in China. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to test the research model.FindingsResults showed that challenge stressors exerted a positive effect and hindrance stressors had no significant effect on innovative use of ES. Furthermore, we found that IT mindfulness weakened the positive effect of challenge stressors and the negative effect of hindrance stressors on innovative use of ES.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to extend the research of innovative use of ES by considering two types of stressors based on the JDR theory. Besides, new insights are provided on how to promote employees' innovative use of ES in the post-acceptance stage according to the different levels of IT mindfulness of employees.

Managerial control mechanisms and their influence on project performance: an investigation of the moderating role of complexity risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 2451-2475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahsen Maqsoom ◽  
Muhammad Hamad ◽  
Hassan Ashraf ◽  
Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem ◽  
Muhammad Umer
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Managerial Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeDespite the efforts of project managers and the widespread use of project management methodologies, most of the projects remain unfulfilling in terms of delivering targeted performance. This for most part can be attributed to the inability of an organization to implement control mechanisms and ineffective management of complexity risk. Keeping in view the aforementioned problem, the objective of this study is to investigate the association between control modes and project performance. Moreover, this study also examines the moderating role of complexity risk on the association among various control modes and project performance.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 171 construction projects through a postal questionnaire survey. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was utilized for testing the hypothesized relationships of the research model.FindingsThis study found significant positive relation between formal and informal control mechanisms and project performance. It is found that complexity risk significantly moderates the relationship between control modes and project performance. The results indicate that complexity risk positively moderates the relationship between outcome control and clan control with project performance. Furthermore, complexity risks negatively moderates the relationship between behavior control and project performance. However, the association between self-control and project performance is found insignificant in the presence of complexity risk.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to study the relationship of control mechanisms, complexity risk and project performance in the construction industry.

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