Law Yin Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-63). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; questionnaires in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Method --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Results --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Discussion --- p.46 / References --- p.56 / Appendix A. Decomposed Game Questionnaire --- p.64 / Appendix B. Scenario --- p.67 / Appendix C. Informed Consent Form --- p.68 / Appendix D. Debriefing Form --- p.69

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The construction industry is full of kinds of claims, disputes, adversarial confrontation and bad performance. Therefore, cooperative behaviors among the contracting parties on the project are very critical to the success of the project, but to some extent it is hard to attain certain level of cooperation. The reality of the construction industry is that, the projects are normally implemented by the temporary project organizations formed by the contracting parties having different interests, which would lead to complicated project environment during the whole project life. Meanwhile, the prevalent evaluation criteria of project success just put emphases on the final project outcomes, especially project schedule and project cost. This reality truly leads to the situation of self-consideration of their own interests, not the success of the whole project, which is detrimental to the development of cooperative behaviors among the contracting parties. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the current state of the construction industry on the Mainland China, and further propose a framework which can resolve the current problems and promote the cooperative behaviors. This study wishes to develop the principles for the branch of knowledge of construction management, which mainly focuses on the issues of contracting and project management. In this study, three theories (Resource-Based View, Transaction Cost Economics and Relational Contract) are adopted to form a combined theoretical foundation for analyzing the current problems and proposing a theoretical framework for cooperation in the construction industry. This study investigates the level of cooperative behaviors among the contracting parties through analyzing the behaviors of the individual members among different functional groups on the project. Cooperation is considered as the behaviors which can facilitate the achievement of the project objectives, and can be categorized into four sub-dimensions for detailed examination. The complicated project characteristics and the constant adaptation among the contracting parties bring about the requirement of analyzing the process-based issues of cooperative behaviors. Through the adoption of the questionnaire survey and the semi-structured interview, the antecedents of and the alternative tactics for cooperative behaviors are investigated. As a result, based on the research findings, a theoretical model for cooperative behaviors has been proposed. Both the research findings confirm the first priority of self-expressive motives (attitude and value) for the development of cooperative behaviors. Compared with self-expressive motives, the influence of the incentives/sanctions mechanism is not strong. In addition, the collectivism-individualism construct also demonstrate more on cooperative behaviors than the incentives/sanctions mechanism. Meanwhile, the status construct (within-group status and group status) shows significant relationships with the attitude and value of the individual group members. The sub-dimensions of interactional justice and procedural justice significantly influence the individuals’ status evaluation and the assessment of the results and the fairness of the incentives/sanctions mechanism. / published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Schulich School of Business. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-115). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004 & res_dat=xri:pqdiss & rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation & rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR11632.

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-73).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, May 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-40).

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This paper concerns a construct labeled Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). OCBs are unsolicited, cooperative gestures that employees choose to exhibit. While the OCB construct is professed as being quite promising for both research and practice, efforts to develop the construct have been lacking in consistency and reliability. This study addresses both conceptual and psychometric issues associated with OCB by investigating the most predominant measure of the construct. Also, several methodological practices in OCB research are challenged.To test several hypotheses, ratings of OCB were collected in field settings from supervisors, coworkers, and employees. Investigated were 1) the factor structure of the Smith, et al. (1983) measure of OCB, 2) different raters' perceptions of similar factors, 3) the psychometric effect of using different raters' perceptions, and 4) the congruency of OCB items to the conceptual criteria put forth by OCB theorists.Results did not strongly support the psychometric or conceptual stability of this OCB measure. While one stable and reliable factor was revealed (Altruism), discrepancy by raters in the hypothesized models caused concern. In addition, most participants did not perceive the items in this measure as representative of extra-role behaviors, and thus they cannot be conclusively labeled as citizenship behaviors.Implications from the results suggest that further development of the conceptual parameters of OCB be initiated prior to developing new measures. Also, concerns as to the practicality of the OCB construct are conveyed, and recommendations for future research and conceptual development are provided. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services