Research on Relation Governance of Public Project in Chinese Context: Definition, Structure and Scale

Abstract

Abstract:

Relation governance of public project is one of the most critical factors influencing the performance of project management, and the nature uncovering and standards measuring of it become premises and keys of correlative studies. Based on both qualitative and quantitative research methods, semi-structured interviews are conducted with 26 persons who are expert at public project construction or public project research, and the contents structure of relation governance of public project are explored in Chinese context according to the encoding method of grounded theory. The results show that the contents structure includes trust, commitment, communication, collaboration and industry practice. Based on these, measurement scale of the relation governance of public project is developed and the data collected through questionnaires is empirically analyzed. It shows that the scale of relation governance of public project has credible reliability and validity, and can provide a consultative measurement framework for follow-up studies.

Key words: public project, relation governance, contents structure, measurement scale

Deng Jiaojiao, Yan Ling, Wu Shaoyan. Research on Relation Governance of Public Project in Chinese Context: Definition, Structure and Scale[J]. , 2015, 27(8): 213-222.

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