7 / 2017-07-28 00:11:57

How to achieve effective collaboration of different parties in the relational contracting project? The mediating role of incentive mechanism

Integrated project delivery, collaboration, relational contract norms, financial incentives, non-financial incentives.

Integrated project delivery (IPD) emphasize on achieving truly in-depth collaboration among participants who aligned interests and objectives through relational contract (RC). However, little is known about the relationship between RC norms and IPD project organization. The main objective of this research is to reveal the influencing mechanism of RC norms on IPD organizational collaboration (IPDC) by examining the mediating role of IPD incentives mechanism (financial and non-financial incentives). Using data from 144 responses to a questionnaire survey, our hypotheses were tested and verified through Partial Least Squares. Results indicate that both financial incentive and non-financial incentives have positive effects on IPDC and have played partial mediating roles in the affecting process between RC and IPDC. This research also identified that the dominant RC norms affecting IPD incentives and collaboration. This research provides theoretical guides for IPD practitioners on properly implementing RC for building and maintaining a highly collaborative IPD organization.