Knowledge Transfer from International Consultants to Local Partners

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Son Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Using Data

Inspired by the fact that local partners acquire substantial knowledge from foreign consultants, an empirical study has been conducted on four metro construction projects in Vietnam to assess the knowledge transfer in practice. The process and results have been recorded in this article. A two-stage model has been developed and tested by using data obtained from 130 respondents. The first stage demonstrates that there are at least six factors affecting the knowledge transfer from foreign consultants to local partners. The second stage shows that acquired knowledge helps to improve the performance of the local partners. In addition to well-known determinants such as the transferor's willingness, capacity to transfer, the learner's intent and capability to learn, the results of the study provide the evidence to confirm the important roles of knowledge-related factors and environment-related factors. Furthermore, this study enriches the literature on knowledge transfer by adding a look into a specific context of consulting services.

scholarly journals Understanding employee turnover in humanitarian organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rameshwar Dubey ◽  
Angappa Gunasekaran ◽  
Nezih Altay ◽  
Stephen J Childe ◽  
Thanos Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

Purpose – At a time when the number and seriousness of disasters seems to be increasing, humanitarian organizations find that besides their challenging work they are faced with problems caused by a high level of turnover of staff. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the 24 variables leading to employee turnover identified by Cotton and Tuttle (1986) the authors analyse the work-related, external and personal factors affecting employee turnover in humanitarian organizations, using a survey of members of the Indian National Institute of Disaster Management. Findings – Results indicated that the three factors are present. Of the external factors, only employment perception had a factor loading over 0.7; of the work-related factors, all were significant; of the personal factors, biographical information, marital status, number of dependants, aptitude and ability and intelligence had the highest loadings. It was also shown that behavioural intentions and net expectation were not significant. Originality/value – Only a few studies reported on employee turnover and its reasons are not well understood in the context of humanitarian organizations. To address this need, the aim of this paper is to explore the personal reasons impacting employee turnover in humanitarian organizations. In the study the authors have adopted 24 variables used in Cotton and Tuttle (1986) and classified into constructs to explain turnover, and further tested the model using data gathered from humanitarian organizations.

Factors affecting the delivery of optimum health and safety on construction projects during the covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benviolent Chigara ◽  
Tirivavi Moyo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of construction professionals relative to factors that affect the delivery of optimum health and safety (H&S) on construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative design which entailed the distribution of a web-based questionnaire among construction professionals, namely, architects, construction/project managers, engineers, H&S managers and quantity surveyors working for contractors and construction consultants in Zimbabwe. The data were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Factor analysis was used to reveal interrelated significant sets of factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S. Findings Factor analysis revealed nine components/factors: change and innovation-related, monitoring and enforcement-related, production-related, access to information and health service-related, on-site facilities and welfare-related, risk assessment and mitigation-related, job security and funding-related, cost-related and COVID-19 risk perception-related factors as the significant factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. Research limitations/implications The results highlighted the need for social dialogue among construction stakeholders to support initiatives that will enhance the delivery of H&S on construction projects. Construction stakeholders may find the results useful in highlighting the areas that need improvement to protect workers’ H&S during the pandemic. However, the small sample limits the generalisability of the results to construction sectors in other regions. Originality/value The study investigated factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S during the COVID-19 to inform interventions to enhance H&S.

Mitigating Resource Management Related Factors Affecting Time and Cost Performance in Construction Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Abdul Qadir Memon ◽  
Aftab Hameed Memon ◽  
Mohsin Ali Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Construction Time ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Affecting Performance

Construction time and cost are basic parameters for measuring project performance. Unfortunately, construction projects are facing poor time and cost performance globally. This poor performance is occurred due to several factors among which resource related factors play very important role. Hence, it is very essential to control the factors affecting performance of time and cost. This study assessed significance level of the resource related factors and determined effective measure to mitigate the factors. Gathering of data was done by questionnaire survey with the practitioners representing client, consultant and contractors involved in handling execution works. Statistical analysis of gathered responses revealed that High cost of machinery and its maintenance; and fluctuation of prices of materials on site are significant resource related factors affecting project cost performance while in affecting time performance, the significant factors are financial difficulties faced by contractors and high cost of machinery and its maintenance. This study also assessed the effectiveness level of the mitigation measures for improving time and cost performance. The findings of this study will be helpful for the practitioners to make necessary arrangement for improving time and cost performance.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Transfer in Construction Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 2412-2416
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
And Performance

The construction industry is a competitive high-risk industry with an unprecedented uncertainties in technology, budget, and development processes. It has become more dynamic in nature and the execution of projects have become more complex and difficult to manage. The need then evolved to develop a framework for project performance. This study investigates the factors affecting the project success and performance using a knowledge and resource-based approach. Data was collected from project managers, civil engineers, site managers, and architects. A total of 221 responses were collected. The data analysis was conducted using SPSS and Smart PLS. This results from this investigation revealed that knowledge transfer does not mediate the effect of strategic factors or employee factors on the project performance of Iraqi public construction projects. This finding indicated that the role of knowledge practices in Iraqi public project is still not matured. Top management are advised to effectively implement the knowledge management practices in public projects. Implementing knowledge management will avoid the organization the cost of repeating the same mistakes. Thus, it was concluded in this study that knowledge transfer is still in its infancy and currently it has no mediating effect between the variables of this study.

scholarly journals Risk factors affecting the ability for earned value management to accurately assess the performance of infrastructure projects in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maan Nihad Ibrahim ◽  
David Thorpe ◽  
Muhammad Nateque Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Earned Value Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate a set of risk-related factors influencing the earned value management (EVM) concept as an assessment technique in evaluating the progress of modern sustainable infrastructure construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach has been adopted for identifying risk-related factors influencing EVM concept from a literature review and through interviewing industry personnel, followed by an inductive process to form sets of key factors and their measuring items. Findings EVM is a common method for assessing project performance. A weakness of this approach is that EVM assessment in its current form does not measure the impact of a number of project performance factors that result from the complexity of modern infrastructure construction projects, and thus does not accurately assess their impact in this performance. This paper discusses and explains a range of potential risk factors to evaluating project performance such as sustainability, stakeholder requirements, communication, procurement strategy, weather, experience of staff, site condition, design issues, financial risk, subcontractor, government requirements and material. In addition, their measuring items were identified. Practical implications This research assists projects managers to improve the evaluation process of infrastructure construction performance by incorporating a range of factors likely to impact on that performance and which are not included in current EVM calculations. Originality/value This research addresses the need to include in the EVM calculation a range of risk factors affecting the performance of infrastructure projects in Australia and therefore makes this calculation a more reliable tool for assessing project performance.

scholarly journals The significance of resilience in mental health promotion of marriage immigrant women: A qualitative study of factors and processes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeonjae Jo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Background: This study explores a series of processes in which marriage immigrant women achieve positive mental health status after experiencing various marriage- and migrant-related difficulties through the framework of resilience theory. As marriage immigrant women face greater barriers to public health services than non-immigrant women, it is necessary to understand the related factors, process, and context to address these barriers and strengthen available assets. Methods: Using data from semi-structured interviews, the author applied theme analysis to identify factors that affect resilience and its development process. Results: Findings indicated that the process of resilience follows enduring difficulties, collapse of stability, access to professional help, satisfaction of desire, and experience of growth. A combination of the level of spousal support, children as a driving force for change, the need for economic activity, and satisfaction of desire were identified as factors affecting the difference in growth in marriage immigrant women’s resilience. Conclusions: Spouses, children, and economic activity play key roles in resilience in positive and negative ways. The existing information barrier should be addressed at a structural level to improve the mental health of marriage immigrant women, and the optimum time for intervention is suggested within two years post-migration. Efforts to build supportive relationships with Korean spouses and meet the needs of women’s desires may also help promote these women’s resilience.

When to Risk It? Institutions, Ambitions, and the Decision to Run for the U.S. House

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHERIE D. MAESTAS ◽  
SARAH FULTON ◽  
L. SANDY MAISEL ◽  
WALTER J. STONE
Keyword(s):  
State Legislators ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Progressive Ambition ◽  
Using Data

The health of any democratic system depends on political ambition to generate a steady supply of quality candidates for office. Because most models of candidate entry assume ambition rather than model it, previous research fails to understand its roots in individual and institutional characteristics. We develop a two-stage model of progressive behavior that distinguishes between the formation of ambition for higher office and the decision to enter a particular race. Using data from a survey of state legislators, we demonstrate that the intrinsic costs and benefits associated with running for and holding higher office shape ambitions but do not influence the decision to run. For progressively ambitious legislators, the second-stage decision is a strategic choice aboutwhento run rather thanwhetherto run. Our research highlights how institutional characteristics that foster progressive ambition also increase the likelihood that national or local political conditions will be translated into meaningful choices at the ballot box.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP OF SKILLED LABOUR SHORTAGES AND PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Nurul Safwah Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Faizul Azli Mohd Rahim ◽  
Loo Siaw Chuing
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Skilled Labour ◽  
Relationship Of

The construction industry is recognised as one of the major economic sectors that significantly contribute to socio-economic development. However, the skilled labour shortage is one factor that affects the success of projects in the construction industry. Therefore, this paper aims to study the effects of skilled labour shortages on construction project performance. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 42 construction practitioners. The hypotheses were tested by using a Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results indicate that project-related factors and human capital factors affecting skilled labour shortages in construction projects and skilled labour shortages have affected construction projects’ performance. This finding’s implication is useful for construction industry players by better understanding successfully managing construction projects.

Exploring the critical waste factors affecting construction projects

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Saad Bajjou ◽  
Anas Chafi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
People Development ◽  
Communication And Coordination

PurposeWaste is typically encountered during the building's life cycle, from the design phase, through the construction phase, to modification and demolition. Most of these construction wastes are unnoticed or unattended by project managers, which lead to serious environmental problems. Effective waste reduction strategies will require a thorough and detailed understanding of the causes of construction waste. Hence, this paper aims to explore critical waste factors (CWFs) affecting the performance of construction projects.Design/methodology/approachAn extensive literature review was carried out to determine these factors based on previous studies, from which a questionnaire was developed. Series of statistical analyses such as reliability analysis, Spearman Correlation, Kruskal–Wallis and factor analysis were performed on a total of 330 valid responses to identify latent factors responsible for wastes occurrence.FindingsThis study reveals 31 CWFs through evaluation of prior relevant studies carried out in several countries and then adjusted and validated through semistructured interviews. The significant differences in views within various groups of respondents with different organizational characteristics are highlighted. The results of factor analysis showed that there are six principal components extracted with 66.3% of variance explained (material-related factors; subcontractors and workers; planning, communication and coordination; people involvement and financial issues; people development strategies; and external factors).Originality/valueThis study differs from other studies in the literature by gathering all relevant waste factors including those related to nonphysical waste such as time, budget, workers and equipment. Furthermore, this paper will be of great interest to both practitioners and researchers since it brings various recommendations concerning the prevention/reduction of waste through lean construction for more sustainable construction projects.

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