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›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7): 187-198.

• 组织与战略管理 • 上一篇    下一篇

初始信任、柔性合同和工程项目管理绩效:一个中介传导模型的实证分析

杜亚灵, 李会玲, 闫鹏, 尹贻林   

  1. 天津理工大学管理学院, 天津 300384
  • 收稿日期:2013-11-26 发布日期:2015-07-31
  • 作者简介:杜亚灵,天津理工大学管理学院副教授,硕士生导师,博士;李会玲,天津理工大学管理学院硕士研究生;闫鹏,天津理工大学管理学院硕士研究生;尹贻林,天津理工大学管理学院教授,博士生导师,博士.
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金项目(71372110;71002066).

Initial Trust, Flexible Contract and Project Management Performance: An Empirical Study on the Intermediary Model

Du Yaling, Li Huiling, Yan Peng, Yin Yilin   

  1. School of Management, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384
  • Received:2013-11-26 Published:2015-07-31

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摘要：

揭示信任影响工程项目管理绩效的机理是降低交易风险、促使项目成功的关键,本文基于项目治理的视角进行了尝试.通过理论分析建立了合同刚性和合同柔性的构念,在此基础上建立了以初始信任为前因、柔性合同为中介、工程项目管理绩效为结果的概念模型,并以87个DBB项目为样本采集到204份有效数据,运用结构方程模型的方法进行实证检验.研究结果表明:(1)柔性合同在初始信任与工程项目管理绩效之间起到完全中介作用;(2)合同刚性的适当程度对工程项目管理绩效具有更大的直接影响,而合同柔性的充分程度在初始信任与工程项目管理绩效之间具有更大的中介效应;(3)初始信任对于柔性合同的形成具有显著的正向影响.本研究有利于引导工程项目的发包人依据其对承包人的初始信任更科学地设计柔性合同,从而促使项目成功.

关键词: 初始信任, 合同刚性, 合同柔性, 工程项目管理绩效, 不确定性

Abstract:

It's vitally important to open the black box of trust influencing project management performance in order to reduce the transaction risk and achieve project success. For this purpose, this paper makes a tentative attempt from the perspective of project governance. Two constructs of contractual flexibility and contractual rigidity are presented. On this basis, a conceptual model including initial trust, flexible contract and project management performance is developed through a thorough literature review. Then 204 pieces of valid data are collected from 87 DBB construction projects selected as research samples, and the statistical test is carried out to test the conceptual model using structural equation modeling. The main findings are as follows: (1) flexible contract has a full mediating effect on the relationship between initial trust and project management performance; (2) the propriety of contractual rigidity has a stronger impact on project management performance directly, while the sufficiency of contractual flexibility has a stronger mediating effect on the relationship between initial trust and project management performance; (3) initial trust has a positive role in developing a flexible contract. In summary, this study can help lead the client to develop a flexible contract more scientifically according to its initial trust in the contractor, and this can contribute to project success.

Key words: initial trust, contractual rigidity, contractual flexibility, project management performance, uncertainty