The Moderating Effects of Coordinated Planning on Project Performance

2015 ◽  
pp. 381-396
Keyword(s):  
Project Performance ◽  
Moderating Effects

scholarly journals The Moderating Effects of Islamic Business Ethics on Organizational support of Residential Project Performance in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
pp. 277-283
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Islamic Business Ethics ◽  
Support Housing

This research aims at exploring how the moderating effects of Islamic business ethics on organizational support of Malaysian residential project performance. Based on the theory of Project Management Success, Organizational support includes top management support and project organizational structure. A total of 185 respondents representative of residential developers have been selected to participate as the sample. The results show that the moderating effect of business ethics positively moderates the organizational support-housing project performance relationships. In addition, the organization support factors were also found to have a significant correlation with the performance of the residential project. In sum, Islamic business ethics is the partial moderator of the relationships. Thus, further research may consider finding practical reasons why it is so by reviewing extensive literature, or collecting a larger sample for example.

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.

Managing Distributed Projects Across Cultures

2011 ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Roberto Evaristo
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Task Characteristics ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Main Effects

A model of cross-cultural distributed project management is proposed. The model is based on recent theoretical developments regarding trust and team processes and suggests that trust relates to cultural differences between distributed members. Trust affects project performance in two key ways: through the traditional view of main effects on performance, and via moderating effects on other determinants of performance in distributed projects. We also use a task characteristics categorization, together with several mini-case studies, to create a set of guidelines for best practices for management of cross-cultural distributed projects.

Work-family conflict and project performance of construction professionals in a developing country: testing the mediating–moderating effect of project management self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Divine Tuinese Novieto ◽  
Gladstone Sena Kportufe
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Family

PurposeWork-family conflict (WFC), a common problem in all sectors of every economy, has always been linked to negative consequences for individuals, families and employment organisations. However, owing to contextual and situational differences coupled with inconsistent findings, more studies on WFC are indispensable to disentangle the consequential effects of WFC, especially amongst construction professionals. More so, little is known about the dual role of project management self-efficacy (PMSE) in the WFC-performance relation. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to examine the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE on the WFC-performance nexus amongst construction professionals in a developing economy.Design/methodology/approachData for this study came from a cross-sectional survey (questionnaire) administered to 302 construction professionals in Ghana using convenience sampling technique. And partial least square-based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was performed, which included the assessment of measurement and structural models.FindingsThe results of this study support the mediating–moderating model of WFC, in which PMSE simultaneously mediates and moderates the negative influence of WFC on project performance of construction professionals; thus, validating the dual role of PMSE through the lens of Hobfoll's (1989) conservation of resource theory.Research limitations/implicationsData were collected from a conveniently sampled construction professionals in Ghana. Thus, the sampling framework, including only the construction professionals in three regions of Ghana, does not ensure the full generalisation of the results.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study provide significant implication for construction organisations and practitioners. Construction organisations and practitioners seeking to mitigate the negative consequences of WFC on project performance should focus on building on PMSE of the construction professionals. Further, a responsive work environment is needed to cater for family needs of the construction professionals.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the first to have tested a model including the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE in the construction industry from a developing country perspective. The study, therefore, enriches the prevailing literature from under-represented context by examining the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE on WFC and project performance nexus that has not been previously investigated.

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.

The Relation Between Teachers' Diagnostic Sensitivity, their Instructional Activities, and their Students' Achievement Gains in Reading*

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Behrmann ◽  
Elmar Souvignier
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Multilevel Analyses ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Judgment Accuracy ◽  
Achievement Gains ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Main Effects

Single studies suggest that the effectiveness of certain instructional activities depends on teachers' judgment accuracy. However, sufficient empirical data is still lacking. In this longitudinal study (N = 75 teachers and 1,865 students), we assessed if the effectiveness of teacher feedback was moderated by judgment accuracy in a standardized reading program. For the purpose of a discriminant validation, moderating effects of teachers' judgment accuracy on their classroom management skills were examined. As expected, multilevel analyses revealed larger reading comprehension gains when teachers provided students with a high number of feedbacks and simultaneously demonstrated high judgment accuracy. Neither interactions nor main effects were found for classroom management skills on reading comprehension. Moreover, no significant interactions with judgment accuracy but main effects were found for both feedback and classroom management skills concerning reading strategy knowledge gains. The implications of the results are discussed.

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