How Do Relational Contracting Norms Affect IPD Teamwork Effectiveness? A Social Capital Perspective

Abstract

As a typical relational contracting (RC) method, integrated project delivery (IPD) attaches importance to key contracting parties’ teamwork effectiveness. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between RC norms and IPD teamwork effectiveness from a social capital (SC) perspective and to examine the moderating role of building information modeling (BIM) application level. Survey data from 144 respondents were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results show that both cognitive SC (shared vision) and relational SC (trust) partially mediate the relationship between RC norms and IPD teamwork effectiveness and that high-level BIM application strengthens the positive relationships. The findings’ implications are discussed.

Governing Collaborative Project Delivery as a Common-Pool Resource Scenario

“…There is an extraordinary amount of in-depth literature regarding collaborative project delivery models. In IPD scholarship alone there are numerous examples of comparative case studies (Ballard et al, 2015; Cheng et al, 2012, 2016; Cohen, 2010; Denerolle, 2013); management strategies (Fischer et al, 2017); impact on desirable project characteristics, such as trust, innovation, and supply chain collaboration (Hall et al, 2018; Lavikka et al, 2015; Pishdad-Bozorgi & Beliveau, 2016; Zhang et al, 2020); quantifications of IPD project outcomes compared to other types of project delivery methods (El Asmar et al, 2013, 2016; Franz et al, 2017; Mesa et al, 2016); and theorizations of ideal IPD profit pool distributions using cooperative game theory (Du et al, 2019; Teng et al, 2019). As Ostrom noted in her own scholarship on common-pool resource scenarios, such literature holds rich accounts and models developed by field researchers who have invested years of effort to obtain detailed information about the strategies adopted by appropriators (Ostrom, 2015).…”

“…Project governance refers to “the use of systems, structures of authority, and processes to allocate resources and coordinate or control activity in a project” (Pinto, 2014, p. 383). Collaborative project delivery models often set up interorganizational governance structures to jointly manage complex projects across firm boundaries (Hall et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2020). These project delivery models seek to avoid the adversarial behavior common in the construction industry through the use of more cooperative and integrated approaches (Bygballe & Swärd, 2019).…”

Contract Farming towards Social Business: A New Paradigm

“…The available literature in management has discussed relational governance, farmers' attitude towards contract farming, improving management practices, helping farms and farmers by providing them with inputs, technology or training [51][52][53][54].…”

“…In addition, [57] in 2004 established the distinctions between common contractual and relational contract norms and proposed the significance of measuring and accessing relational norms under different scenarios [59]. Furthermore, researchers, including [50][51][52], developed and validated the scales for relational norms in the context of the construction industry [51]. However, there is no unified concept that shows the complexity of relational norms and variability of their broad connotations among different application circumstances.…”

“…It is expected that parties under contract in the agriculture sector will fulfil their obligation in an adequate way to overcome egoism and acting with integrity and commitment. They strive to achieve the project's goals by minimising their tendency towards personal interest and individual goals [51][52][53][54][55]. The propriety of means refers to an expectation that the contracting parties have sufficient means to perform their duties, which shows that the relationship is directed by accepted principles.…”