合同柔性对承包人履约行为的激励作用研究：以信息透明度为调节变量

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 在建设工程不确定环境中，发包人选择的合同柔性策略对承包人履约行为有重要影响，但对其作用机理缺乏实证研究。在梳理已有文献的基础上，将合同柔性分为价格、控制权、再谈判三个维度，引入项目信息透明度作为调节变量，提出并验证了合同柔性的三个维度对承包人字面和尽善履约行为的影响机制。研究采用偏最小二乘法对回收的问卷进行分析。结果表明：在信息透明度高的情境下，合同柔性的三个维度对字面履约行为都有正向影响，其中控制权柔性对承包人字面履约行为促进作用最强；信息透明程度对合同柔性与承包人尽善履约行为之间没有调节作用，控制权柔性和再谈判柔性对承包人尽善履约行为都有显著正向影响，但价格柔性对承包人尽善履约行为没有影响。研究结果深化了建设工程合同柔性的理论研究，更为发包人设计柔性合同提供了理论依据。

关键词: 合同柔性, 承包人字面履约行为, 承包人尽善履约行为, 信息透明度

Abstract: Contract flexibility has an important effect on the contractor's performance of a contract in an environment where uncertainty hangs over construction projects, but there is a lack of empirical evidence for the specific mechanism. Based on the existing literature, this paper divideds flexible contract into three dimensions, i.e. price, control rights and negotiations. Furthermore, project information transparency is introduced as a moderating variable to verify the amplifying effects between the three dimensions of contract flexibility and the contractor's perfunctory performance behavior or consummate performance behavior. The collected questionnaires are analyzed by using partial least square method. The results show that when the information transparency is at a high level, price flexibility, control rights flexibility and negotiations flexibility have a positive impact on the perfunctory performance, particularly with the control rights flexibility having the strongest impact. In addition, the transparency of information plays no role in moderating the contractual flexibility and the contractor's consummate performance behavior. Finally, the control rights flexibility and the renegotiation flexibility have a significant positive effect on the contractor's consummate performance behavior, but the price flexibility does not. Our study sheds significant light on the theoretical study of contractual flexibility in construction project and provides a theoretical basis for the design of flexible contracts for clients and contractors.

Key words: contract flexibility, contractor's perfunctory performance behavior, contractor's consummate performance behavior, information transparency

严玲, 郭亮, 宁延, 严敏. 合同柔性对承包人履约行为的激励作用研究：以信息透明度为调节变量[J]. 管理评论, 2021, 33(10): 222-236.

Yan Ling, Guo Liang, Ning Yan, Yan Min. The Driving Effect of Contract Flexibility on the Contractor's Proactive Performance: The Moderating Role of Information Transparency[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(10): 222-236.

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