Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Debrah, Caleb; Owusu‐Manu, De‐Graft; Kissi, Ernest; Oduro-Ofori, Eric; Edwards, David John

doi:10.1108/sasbe-06-2020-0089

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“…Therefore, snowball sampling (which represents a mix between purposive and convenience sampling (Rowley, 2014)) was adopted to identify firms with sufficient innate information and knowledge to positively contribute to the ensuing discourse on leadership in the GCI. A sample size of 100 project managers was accrued – such is consistent with existing literature (Sapnas and Zeller, 2002; Debrah et al , 2020) to allow for sufficient generalisability within the GCI and other developing countries.…”

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Exploring the linkages between project managers' mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the Ghanaian construction industry

Owusu‐Manu¹,

Debrah²,

Amissah³

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PurposeLeadership encapsulates a process of influencing others to understand what needs to be done and how it can be done. The related area of mindset behaviour which moderates leadership styles adopted in various industries has hitherto received scant academic attention in a construction context. This paper thus explores the linkages between project manager's mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the construction industry.Design/methodology/approachLiterature reviewed provides the basis for a questionnaire data collection instrument developed to gather primary data from construction professionals in the Ghanaian construction industry (GCI). A quantitative research strategy was then adopted using the Relative Importance Index (RII) to determine the level of significance of the leadership and mindset archetypes. A Pearson's correlation test was run to ascertain whether the mindset behaviour of project managers has a significant impact upon the type of leadership style.FindingsThe study's results indicate that democratic, transformational and situational leadership styles were prevalent leadership styles in the GCI. The analysis also revealed that project managers favoured the “growth mindset”. Furthermore this style had a moderate positive relationship with democratic and transformational leadership styles. Conversely, a fixed mindset had a low positive relationship with autocratic and situational leadership styles but a low negative relationship with transformational leadership style.Research limitations/implicationsThis research provides sufficient data for project managers to identify the type of mindset to nurture (the growth mindset is recommended) and the effective leadership style to be employed. This study engenders wider discussion on mindset behaviour and project leadership style in developing countries. Moreover, the findings present policymakers and practitioners with the leadership styles to promote and develop (democratic, transformational and situational) and mindset behaviour (growth mindset) to ensure project success in Ghana and other developing countries.Originality/valueThis research represents the first comprehensive study appraising the linkages between project managers’ mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the construction industry. Empirical data presented bridge the identified knowledge gap that exists on the lack of theoretical understanding of the influence that project managers' mindset has on leadership styles in the GCI.

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Exploring the linkages between project managers' mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the Ghanaian construction industry

Owusu‐Manu¹,

Debrah²,

Amissah³

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“…The internal consistency analysis of the overall construct (all the indicators combined) and the sub-constructs received high reliability coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha). Davidoff et al [54] and Debrah et al [55] used the following indicators to interpret Cronbach Alpha coefficient values in surveys: 0.6-adequate/acceptable/marginal; 0.7-reasonable/preferable; 0.8-desirable/good; and 0.9-excellent. According to Tavakol and Dennick [56], any Cronbach coefficient value of 0.7 or above is considered good in research.…”

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Post Occupancy Evaluation of School Refurbishment Projects: Multiple Case Study in the UK

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Buildings inevitably deteriorate with time. Schools buildings are no exception and require refurbishment at times. Despite the UK Government announcing the £1 billion funding for rebuilding 50 schools over 10 years starting 2010–2021, it is common practice for builders and designers to, upon completion of a building project, move on to the next development without considering how the completed building performs. This research undertakes a post occupancy evaluation (POE) of three schools in the West Midlands, UK with specific focus on building services, viz., heating, lighting, and air conditioning and ventilation. The research adopted a mixed philosophical approach of interpretivism and post-positivism to conduct inductive reasoning. A questionnaire that collected both quantitative and qualitative primary data was distributed to the end-users of the schools. Data was analysed using the Cronbach’s alpha, one sample t-test and Kruskal–Wallis test to identify any differences between the questionnaire responses. Findings revealed that building users demanded greater control of the internal environment thus contradicting the current trend for automated ‘intelligent systems’ approaches. This research represents the first work to consider the contractor’s perspective towards developing a better understanding of client satisfaction with the school buildings. Moreover, the POE result represents a notable pragmatic advancement to knowledge that will influence the contractor’s knowledge and understanding of client satisfaction, and where to improve upon these.

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“…There are three common approaches to research or research strategies, namely: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (Williams, 2007). This research is extensively regarded as quantitative, as it principally relies on the positivist paradigm, deductive reasoning and structured questionnaires in the collection of data and analysis (Debrah et al ., 2020). Thus, in this study two approaches were followed leading to the research outcomes.…”

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“…The main analysis of the study, mean score analysis, was conducted to determine the importance of each variable relative to the other. For this study, a variable that obtained a mean score greater than or equal to a hypothesized mean of 3.0 was considered significant based on the one-sample t -test analysis at 95% confidence level (Ahadzie et al , 2008, Owusu-Manu et al ., 2020a). Table 1 shows the mean scores of demand-related disruptions, supply-related disruption, innovation capability, project performance and business performance based on their rankings.…”

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Linking supply chain disruptions with organisational performance of construction firms: the moderating role of innovation

Kissi

Agyekum

Musah³

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Purpose Supply chain (SC) disruption, whether demand sided or supply sided, is conversely perceived to affect organisational performance of construction firms. This paper, therefore, aims to examine the linkage of supply chain disruptions with organisational performance of construction firms through the moderating role of innovation. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research, approach the views of 84 construction professionals were elicited using a structured questionnaire. Ordinary least squares were utilised to validate the hypotheses set. Findings The study proved that there is a negative relationship between demand-related disruption and business performance as well as project performance. Also, it was clear from the study that supply-related disruptions had a significant impact on both project performance and business performance. Although SC innovation was seen to impact business performance, it had no relationship with project performance. Generally, innovation was seen to have a moderating effect of demand and supply disruption of project performance, but it played no moderating role in business performance. Practical implications The findings suggest that business firms must be innovative with the supply chain, as it moderated project success. The supply chain of a construction firm plays a very critical role on projects; hence, this study recommends that a supply chain manager ought to be innovative in their operations due to the moderating role SC innovation has on project performance and largely business performance. Originality/value Various studies on supply chain has been done on different sectors in the economy; however, little can be said about the construction industry on how supply chain disruptions affects business and project performance and how innovation moderates such effects.

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Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Cited by 38 publications

References 44 publications

Exploring the linkages between project managers' mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the Ghanaian construction industry

Exploring the linkages between project managers' mindset behaviour and project leadership style in the Ghanaian construction industry

Post Occupancy Evaluation of School Refurbishment Projects: Multiple Case Study in the UK

Linking supply chain disruptions with organisational performance of construction firms: the moderating role of innovation

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