Factors contributing towards the effectiveness of construction project teams

Kwofie, Titus Ebenezer; Alhassan, Abraham; Botchway, Edward Ayebeng; Afranie, Isaac

doi:10.1080/15623599.2015.1033818

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“…Furthermore, 10% were top managers (group 1); 27% were middle managers (group 2); 26% were first-line managers (group 3); and 37% were technician (group 4). Meanwhile, 72% of the interviewees had both knowledge and experience [57] (series 1) in prefabrication and 28% were hade knowledge and practical experience in on-site construction but not in prefabrication (series 2). The survey revealed that 81% of the surveyed projects were residences.…”

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Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Xue

Zhang

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Sustainability

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Abstract:As a sustainable construction method, prefabrication has become popular in many nations. However, there are many challenges for prefabrication, especially in terms of cost. Previous studies have revealed that higher capital cost was the most important barrier to the implementation of prefabrication. Thus, the objective of this study is to explore and evaluate the critical factors affecting the capital cost of prefabrication and examine how cost management may be affected by the "experience", "corporate responsibility", and "participant function" as a fix independent factors. To achieve the research objective, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 experts for the development of the questionnaire. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the significance of 49 factors related to prefabrication capital cost. The survey results revealed that "Specification and standards for prefabricated building design", "Related experience of manager", and "Rationality of precast component split" were the most critical factors. In addition, "experience", "corporate responsibility", and "participant function" had significant impact on the evaluation of capital cost factors. The findings can facilitate developing a benchmark framework for exploring the factors affecting the capital cost of prefabrication in China.

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Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Xue

Zhang

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…Construction industry is multi-disciplinary team-based industry and architects required to have key project management competencies to enable them to perform effectively and efficiently with other professionals. Kwofie et al [72] found that efficient team leadership is the first critical factor influencing effectiveness of construction projects. In project teams, the project leader considered responsible for the success or failure of the project and thus provides planning and conditions to realize project goals and clear direction, and thus provides project success.…”

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“…In project teams, the project leader considered responsible for the success or failure of the project and thus provides planning and conditions to realize project goals and clear direction, and thus provides project success. Leadership is a factor, which yields desirable interpersonal effectiveness of the team for project success [72].…”

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Negative Leadership in Architectural Design Offices

Kasapoğlu¹

2019

Dark Sides of Organizational Behavior and Leadership

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Building projects performed by a design team, which include the architectural, structural, and building services teams. The success of the project depends on the performance of each team. When a large number of people are working on a project, a high level of successful teamwork is required. As in all teams, an architectural design team needs a leader and, in this case, the owner of the office is the formal leader of the design team. Generally, architects are leaders of both the architectural design team and the design team. As the leader of both groups, the relationship between the leader architect and the groups directly related to the project's success. If the personal objectives of every team member united with the team objectives, members will be more eager to achieve the team objectives. The behaviors of the lead architect are important factors in the performance of the design team in a construction project. The purpose of this study is emphasizing the importance of leadership in architectural design teams. The chapter will mainly focus on the effects of negative leadership on architectural design offices and on how leadership behaviors affect the performance of the design team.

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“…Team effectiveness has been measured using both uni-dimensional (Santos et al, 2015) and multi-dimensional approaches (Mathieu, Maynard, Rapp, & Gilson, 2008). Unidimensional scales have been applied in product development (Parker, 2016) construction (Kwofie et al, 2015;Yang & Chu, 2012) and medicine (Friesen, Vidyarthi, Baron, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Multi-dimensional tools have been utilized to evaluate team effectiveness in different types of organizational settings ranging from schools, university medicine, construction to other industries (Brewer & Mendelson, 2003;Castka, Bamber, & Sharp, 2003;Gibson, Zellmer-Bruhn, & Schwab, 2003;Gordon et al, 2016;Guchait, Lei, & Tews, 2016;Hoegl & Gemuenden, 2001;Kirkman & Shapiro, 1997;McComb, Kennedy, Green, & Compton, 2008). There are a number of uni-dimensional scales to measure team effectiveness (Alexander, 1985;Child & Shumate, 2007;Kwofie, Alhassan, Botchway, & Afranie, 2015;Parker, 2016;Santos, Caetano, & Tavares, 2015;Yang & Chu, 2012). The criterion measures, and especially performance indices, however, are often idiosyncratic and organizationally/context specific (Kirkman & Shapiro, 1997).…”

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Team effectiveness in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) projects

Latif

Williams

2017

Evaluation and Program Planning

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The incorporation of team context into research and practice regarding team effectiveness in NGOs projects is a constant challenge. The research seeks to address the gap and identify the critical determinants of team effectiveness in projects undertaken by non-governmental organizations. Using a systematic process, the study involved both literature and focus group discussions to generate the required items. A total of 157 respondents (Team Members and Team Leaders) were part of the study that filled the questionnaires. Using exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis, both convergent and discriminant validity was established. The present study found that team effectiveness in NGO social projects has a total of seven dimensions namely: Inter team coordination, community social linkage, team performance, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, leadership communication and engagement, decision making and information sharing, and team formation. There is a significant lack of research on team effectiveness in NGO projects. Where considerably large proportion of research on team effectiveness has focused on the corporate sector, the non-governmental teams have been neglected. This study clearly highlights the determinants that make up team effectiveness in NGOs. The determinants identified will help to specifically look at the effectiveness of teams in NGO projects. The study would help NGOs identify the dimensions in which they may be performing in a weaker manner and direct their energies in improving the factors.

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Factors contributing towards the effectiveness of construction project teams

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Negative Leadership in Architectural Design Offices

Team effectiveness in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) projects

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