A conceptual model of psychological contracts in construction projects

Ke, Y; Davis, P; Jefferies, M

A conceptual model of psychological contracts in construction projects

Ke, Y

Davis, P Jefferies, M

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Citation:: Construction Economics and Building, 2016, 16 (3), pp. 20 - 37
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ke, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-703X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Davis, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jefferies, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Construction Economics and Building, 2016, 16 (3), pp. 20 - 37	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2204-9029	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/52436
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Yongjian Ke, Peter Davis and Marcus Jefferies. The strategic importance of relationship style contracting is recognised in the construction industry. Both public and private sector clients are stipulating more integrated and collaborative forms of procurement. Despite relationship and integrated contractual arrangement being available for some time, it is clear that construction firms have been slow to adopt them. Hence it is timely to examine how social exchanges, via unwritten agreement and behaviours, are being nurtured in construction projects. This paper adopted the concept of Psychological Contracts (PC) to describe unwritten agreement and behaviours. A conceptual model of the PC is developed and validated using the results from a questionnaire survey administered to construction professionals in Australia. The results uncovered the relationships that existed amongst relational conditions and relational benefits, the PC and the partners’ satisfaction. The results show that all the hypotheses in the conceptual model of the PC are supported, suggesting the PC model is important and may have an effect on project performance and relationship quality among contracting parties. A validated model of the PC in construction was then developed based on the correlations among each component. The managerial implications are that past relationships and relationship characteristics should be taken into account in the selection of procurement partners and the promise of future resources, support and tangible relational outcomes are also vital. It is important for contracting parties to pay attention to unwritten agreements (the PC) and behaviours when managing construction projects.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Construction Economics and Building	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5130/AJCEB.v16i3.4993	en_US
dc.title	A conceptual model of psychological contracts in construction projects	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	16	en_US

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© 2016 Yongjian Ke, Peter Davis and Marcus Jefferies. The strategic importance of relationship style contracting is recognised in the construction industry. Both public and private sector clients are stipulating more integrated and collaborative forms of procurement. Despite relationship and integrated contractual arrangement being available for some time, it is clear that construction firms have been slow to adopt them. Hence it is timely to examine how social exchanges, via unwritten agreement and behaviours, are being nurtured in construction projects. This paper adopted the concept of Psychological Contracts (PC) to describe unwritten agreement and behaviours. A conceptual model of the PC is developed and validated using the results from a questionnaire survey administered to construction professionals in Australia. The results uncovered the relationships that existed amongst relational conditions and relational benefits, the PC and the partners’ satisfaction. The results show that all the hypotheses in the conceptual model of the PC are supported, suggesting the PC model is important and may have an effect on project performance and relationship quality among contracting parties. A validated model of the PC in construction was then developed based on the correlations among each component. The managerial implications are that past relationships and relationship characteristics should be taken into account in the selection of procurement partners and the promise of future resources, support and tangible relational outcomes are also vital. It is important for contracting parties to pay attention to unwritten agreements (the PC) and behaviours when managing construction projects.

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