Predictors of contractor performance have attracted the attention of researchers in the developed world. However, research from sub-Saharan Africa to corroborate these findings has remained sparse. What exists is speculative and at best anecdotal. Using data from construction firms in Uganda, this study finds that commitment to the project, perceived value of the project, interorganizational cooperation, and opportunistic behavior are significant predictors of contractor performance. This has both policy and managerial implications, which we present in this paper.

In Uganda, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) form the majority of firms in the private sector (90% of the firms in the private sector are SMEs). Their importance in Uganda's economy cannot be under looked because of the contribution that they make to national and economic development. The SMEs employ a high percentage of the non -farming population and contribute 70% of the total GDP (BID Country Guide Series, 2008: Hatega, 2007. SMEs in Uganda however face numerous challenges which affect their performance and survival in the long run. In their study on improving information access to SMEs in Northern Uganda, Okello -Obura (2008) established that SMEs have structural and operational challenges that need to be addressed imme-diately if economic development is to be attained because they are the engine of growth, employment creation and socioeconomic transformation. Hindrances that affect the performance of SMEs, their competitiveness and survival include limited information on financing options, inadequate and expensive supply of utilities and limited access to networks that are needed to enhance competitiveness (Hatega, 2007;Kigozi, 2006). SMEs also suffer delivery of poor quality products, late deliveries or no deliveries at all in their supply chains Ntayi, Rooks, Eyaa and Zeija, 2010). These aspects are indicators of poor performance of SME supply chains. Given that SMEs are very important in Uganda's economy, it is vital that the performance of their supply chains is addressed. Therefore, it is therefore important to gain

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between psychological climate, catharsis, organizational anomie, psychological wellness and ethical procurement behaviour in Uganda's public sector, in order to understand better the conditions that foster or diminish procurement ethics in a developing country. Data for this study were collected from a sample of 1100 respondents out of which 460 usable questionnaires, representing a 42% response rate were received and analyzed. Results reveal that psychological climate, procurement planning and organizational anomie were significant predictors, accounting for 64% of the variance in ethical procurement behaviour. These results have both policy and managerial implications which we present and discuss in this paper.

The study examined the relationship between ethical culture, organizational memory, bargaining power of buyers/suppliers, subjective norms, attitudes and contract enforcement in the developing world context of Uganda. Using a proportional stratified random sampling approach, a sample of 1500 employees was drawn from SMEs in Uganda. Five-hundred and ninety-four (594) fully-filled questionnaires were returned, giving a response rate of 39.6 per cent. Ethical culture, organizational memory, bargaining power of buyers/suppliers, subjective norms and attitudes were found to significantly predict 51.2 per cent of the variance in contract enforcement behaviours in Ugandan SMEs. This finding has both policy and managerial implications which we present in the paper.

The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive framework of achieving supplier delivery performance based on contract governance mechanisms, justice perceptions and ethical behavior using cross sectional survey data from public procuring and disposing entities (PDEs) in Uganda. Public procurement contract governance covers the design, development, implementation and enforcement of contracts. It serves to align interests of the contracting parties, reduce opportunistic behavior, lower transaction costs, promote justice perceptions, improve ethical behavior and achieve value for money procurement. Poorly managed procurement contracts result in conflicts, yet in many developing countries only rich suppliers can afford to resolve disputes through courts. For other suppliers, justice is out of reach. While it has been assumed that contracts result in good performance, little research has been carried out to corroborate this assumption. In this paper we provide theoretical, empirical and policy implications of supplier delivery performance.