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Ting Sun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:PurposeThe sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:The sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.,This research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.,The results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.,These findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
Gary P Latham - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Building a Theory by induction: The example of goal Setting Theory:
Organizational Psychology Review, 2020Co-Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P LathamAbstract:This article discusses the development of goal Setting Theory through induction. The processes such as formulating concepts and definitions, measurement issues, data gathering, data integration and...
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Toward an Integration of Goal Setting Theory and the Automaticity Model
Applied Psychology, 2016Co-Authors: Gary P Latham, Jelena Brcic, Alana SteinhauerAbstract:Two laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the extent to which goal Setting Theory explains the effects of goals that are primed in the subconscious on task performance. The first experiment examined the effect on performance of three primes that connote the difficulty levels of a goal in the subconscious. Participants (n = 91) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions where they were primed with either a photograph of a person lifting 20 pounds (easy goal), 200 pounds (moderately difficult goal), or 400 pounds (difficult goal). Following a filler task, participants were asked to “press as hard as you can” on a digital weight scale. Participants who were primed with the difficult goal exerted more effort than those who were primed with the moderate or easy goal. The second experiment examined whether choice of goal difficulty level can be primed. Participants (n = 133) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. Those primed with a difficult goal consciously chose to set a more difficult goal on a brainstorming task than those who were primed with an easier goal. Similarly, their performance was significantly higher. Conscientiousness moderated the subconscious goal–performance relationship while the self-set conscious goal partially mediated the subconscious goal–performance relationship.
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Goal-Setting Theory: Causal Relationships, Mediators, and Moderators
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2016Co-Authors: Gary P LathamAbstract:Consciously Setting a specific, difficult, challenging goal leads to high performance for four reasons. Specificity results in (1) the choice to focus on goal-relevant activities and to ignore those that are irrelevant. Challenge leads to an increase in (2) effort and (3) persistence to attain the goal. The combination of specificity and difficulty cue (4) the search for strategies to attain the goal. However, for this to occur, an individual or team must have the ability and the situational resources to attain the goal. In addition, the goal must be important; there must be commitment to goal attainment. Finally, feedback must be provided on goal progress so that adjustments can be made, if necessary, regarding effort or strategy for attaining the goal.
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Breaking the Rules: A Historical Overview of Goal-Setting Theory
Advances in Motivation Science, 2015Co-Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P LathamAbstract:Abstract This paper describes the development of goal-Setting Theory starting from the 1960s when Locke saw but rejected behaviorism as the dominant paradigm in psychology. Locke began with laboratory experiments of goals while Latham pioneered field studies of goal Setting. Because goals had reliable effects, many other researchers conducted goal-Setting studies. This provided a large database from which the Theory was developed inductively over a 25-year period. The Theory was formulated in 1990, and research on the Theory continues apace to this day; recent developments on the Theory were published in 2013. We advocate (and seek to provide a model of) the inductive approach to Theory building, and end this article with suggested future directions for research on goal-Setting Theory.
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chapter four breaking the rules a historical overview of goal Setting Theory
Advances in Motivation Science, 2015Co-Authors: Edwin A. Locke, Gary P LathamAbstract:This paper describes the development of goal-Setting Theory starting from the 1960s when Locke saw but rejected behaviorism as the dominant paradigm in psychology. Locke began with laboratory experiments of goals while Latham pioneered field studies of goal Setting. Because goals had reliable effects, many other researchers conducted goal-Setting studies. This provided a large database from which the Theory was developed inductively over a 25-year period. The Theory was formulated in 1990, and research on the Theory continues apace to this day; recent developments on the Theory were published in 2013. We advocate (and seek to provide a model of) the inductive approach to Theory building, and end this article with suggested future directions for research on goal-Setting Theory.
Bingsheng Liu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:PurposeThe sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:The sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.,This research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.,The results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.,These findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
Xingbin Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:PurposeThe sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:The sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.,This research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.,The results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.,These findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
Junna Meng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:PurposeThe sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
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How project management practices lead to infrastructure sustainable success: an empirical study based on goal-Setting Theory
Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2020Co-Authors: Bingsheng Liu, Bin Xue, Junna Meng, Xingbin Chen, Ting SunAbstract:The sustainable success of infrastructures is becoming a driving force for advancing urbanization globally. However, to achieve infrastructure sustainable success (ISS), how project management practices (PMPs) play their role remains unexplored in current literature. To this end, an empirical study on whether PMPs play significant impacts on the accomplishment of ISS was conducted.,This research is based on an empirical survey of domestic and overseas infrastructure projects managed by Chinese companies. 162 data samples were collected and further analyzed deploying structural equation modeling (SEM) on the basis of goal-Setting Theory. PMP factors derived from the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ideology, i.e. culture, strategy, implementation and reflection were hypothesized and validated to have direct and indirect relationships with ISS.,The results of this study indicate that both culture and reflection can directly drive the PMPs toward ISS. Furthermore, it is revealed that by affecting mediator factors of strategy, implementation and reflection, culture is found to present an indirect influence on ISS; by affecting mediator factors of implementation and reflection, Strategy is found to present an indirect influence on ISS and by affecting the mediator factor of reflection, implementation is found to present an indirect influence on ISS.,These findings contribute to the body of knowledge in measuring sustainability success of project management performances by clarifying critical relationships of how PMPs lead to ISS. Prospectively, the outputs of this research will generate informative insights for practitioners to improve their PMPs in the process of pursuing ISS in future infrastructure management practices.
