Lu, W; Guo, W and Zhu, Q (2020) Effect of justice on contractor's relational behavior: Moderating role of owner's asset specificity. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(4): 04020020, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
It is critical to the successful implementation of construction projects that the behavior of both the owner and the contractor meet common expectations. In the transaction, the economic results and the impact of justice on relational behavior should not be ignored. Our study on the perspective of contractors explores whether and how different dimensions of interorganizational justice affect relational behavior in construction projects and the moderating role of owner's asset specificity. On the basis of survey data from the construction industry, the empirical results reveal that if contractors perceive higher procedural justice or interactional justice, the contractor's relational behavior conforms to relational norms more. Furthermore, the owner's asset specificity dilutes the positive impact of interactional justice on the contractor's relational behavior. The findings contribute to strengthening the understanding of project management and interorganizational justice while guiding owners to pay more attention to the process of contract execution in practice and the appropriate investment of specific assets in projects to improve the contractor's relational behavior.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | asset specificity; contractor; interorganizational justice; relational behavior |
| Index terms: | project management, dimension, construction industry, implementation, asset specificity, owner, interorganizational, norms, strengthening, construction project, survey, justice |
| Subjects: | sociology, industry analysis, structural engineering, project management theory and practice, economic concepts, production management, health monitoring assessment and metrics, contractual arrangements, legal systems, business, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Procurement, Stakeholder Management, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Project Management, Health and Safety, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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