Mwesigwa, R; Nabwami, R; Mayengo, J and Basulira, G (2020) Contractual completeness as a cornerstone to stakeholder management in public private partnership projects in Uganda. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(3), pp. 469-484. ISSN 2044-124X
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether contractual completeness is a cornerstone to stakeholder management in Public–Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire survey from a sample of 103 PPP projects in Uganda. Partial Least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings: The study found that contractual completeness dimensions (contractual obligatoriness, contingency adaptability, issue inclusiveness, term specificity) are all significantly and positively associated with stakeholder management in PPP projects in Uganda. Originality/value: This paper is one of the few studies on stakeholder management in PPP projects from a developing country’s perspective, thus contributing to scanty literature on how to manage stakeholders in PPP projects. Research limitations/implications: This paper is limited to the relationship between contract completeness dimensions and stakeholder management in PPP projects in Uganda. Future studies should be conducted on other factors that affect stakeholder management in PPP projects in Uganda. Practical implications: Our results imply that when all the relevant issues are included in the contract, contract terms are explicitly stipulated, all the unanticipated changes are described and when all the parties involved are restrained by a binding force of a contract, conflicts and opportunism reduces and stakeholders concerns are addressed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contingency adaptability; contractual completeness; contractual obligatoriness; issue inclusiveness; public private partnership projects; stakeholder management; term specificity; Uganda |
| Index terms: | partnership, structural equation modelling, survey, developing country, contract term, opportunism, dimension, stakeholder management, partial least square, public private partnership, contract completeness, Uganda, future study, methodology, questionnaire, adaptability |
| Subjects: | business, research design and methodology, user focus, data collection methods, health monitoring assessment and metrics, participation process, contractual arrangements, research methods, contract structure, development economics, Geography, contractual condition, partnership management, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Design Practice, International Construction, Contract Administration, Organizational Design, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Stakeholder Management, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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