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The feasibility process of public construction projects is under the influence of stakeholders, who give direction to public resource allocation. Therefore, the analysis of stakeholders in this process is critical. An inductive qualitative approach was adopted using the grounded theory method to provide a theoretical explanation of stakeholders’ be...
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... shown in Figure 3, the government or state cannot completely represent the interests of public stakeholders. Based on discussions in political philosophy and empirical studies, governments are inherently unable to represent the benefits of people adequately, as previously believed, even in democratic countries (Habermas, 1984;Hillier, 2002). ...
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... Hall et al. (2015) claim that stakeholder analysis is helpful to policymakers and managers to be informed about the political environment surrounding a decision before its implementation. Sarhadi et al. (2021) argue that stakeholder analysis gives marginalized stakeholders greater capacity to participate effectively in the decision-making process. These studies demonstrate the importance of understanding stakeholders that are critical for success. ...
In local governments, physical assets are managed to achieved stated objectives of the organization. Although the stakeholders are entitled to enjoy flawless, safe and secure service outputs with the aid of excellent physical assets, in most cases the stakeholders are unknown. Stakeholder analysis is a valued tool for identifying and analyzing the characteristics, knowledge interests, positions, and potential for and/or actual stakeholders but is rarely carried out in local governments (LGs) in Uganda. This despite the fact that such analysis makes known the contribution of stakeholders to increased productivity and growth through optimizing the value of physical asset over its lifetime. Therefore, this paper has tackled the problem of PAM practices by introducing a theoretical framework bringing together all key stakeholders with the purpose of explaining their roles for an effective PAM practices in the LGs. Using Cooper’s Taxonomy of Literature Reviews (CTLR) offered by Cooper (1988), the researchers make a synthesis of diverse literary works to serve as a determinant consequence of effective stakeholder relationships with respect to PAM practices in the LG context. Drawing on the stakeholder theory, this work contributes to the literature by showing that stakeholders are embedded within the processes of PAM practices, and identifying them and their critical roles important for success. The implications of each of the findings for effective PAM practices are discussed. Besides the work emboldens the signification of empirical literature acting as a supplement for academics and researchers for reference to their quest. The results may also provide information to management in LG to leverage the engagement of their stakeholders for an effective PAM practice. Moreover, the work will be relevant to policymakers who design support schemes and mechanisms to enhance stakeholder engagement with the intent of promoting value creation in the physical assets.
... In government investment projects, Wang et al. (2022) revealed that political connections buffer construction contractors from (rather than bind firms to) government supervision. The government even failed to gain insight into the current plan of construction projects (Sarhadi et al. 2021). In private investment projects, the lack of government regulation makes contractors tend to choose to reduce communication and conduct GWBs . ...
In the process of urbanization, a brisk building boom triggers a series of environmental problems. Construction contractors usually present environmentally fraudulent behaviors, i.e., greenwashing behaviors (GWBs), to legitimize their activities, ultimately hindering the sustainable development of the society. However, the formation mechanism of the contractors’ GWBs is still unclear. Through the lens of fraud GONE theory (i.e., greed, opportunity, needs, and exposure), this study applies the multi-group structural equation model (SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine the formation mechanisms of GWBs. The results of SEM show the relationships between four fraud factors and GWBs. Additionally, the projects are grouped into three categories: government investment projects, private–public-partnership (PPP) projects, and private investment projects. The results of multi-group SEM reveal that the effects of four fraud factors differ significantly across projects with different investment characteristics. The results of fsQCA suggest that there are three typical driving mechanisms for GWBs. Furthermore, this study develops a project information transparency framework and a “greenwashing tree” to form a systematic understanding of GWBs. Finally, on these bases, this study provides targeted suggestions and policy recommendations for governing contractors’ GWBs.
... The main goal of the PBO's contract design is legitimizing its control and coordination measures to restrict the contractor's behavior and improve efficiency through these measures (Wang et al., 2021a). Although the scope of external audiences in construction projects is very broad (Sarhadi et al., 2021), the legitimate power perceived by the contractor is the most basic type of the owner's legitimacy (Yang et al., 2012), referred to as "relational legitimacy" in the institutional theory literature (Dacin et al., 2007). ...
Drawing on institutional theory, this article aims to investigate how owners’ project-based organizations (PBOs) can promote production efficiency and legitimate power under the influence of legal enforceability. Analyzing a sample of Chinese construction projects, we find that PBOs can achieve this goal by designing more complex contracts when legal enforceability increases. The PBOs’ expertise reduces the effect of legal enforceability on contracts and alleviates their dependence on contracts when pursuing efficiency. These results can guide PBOs to design contracts according to their expertise and the legal environment to promote production efficiency and legitimate power.
Ethical aspects of stakeholder behavior can have a wide range of implications for other areas of project management. This research critically reviewed project ethics under the philosophical paradigm change from modernism to late modernism, which led to a flexible and realizable ethical framework based on Levinasian and Nietzschean moral psychologies. A qualitative approach was adopted through a multiple-case study to confront the theoretical framework with the empirical world, evaluate its authenticity, and obtain a better understanding of its challenges. Research results showed that stakeholders’ unconscious desire for existential meaning can provide considerable potential for dealing with ethical challenges.
