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Article: Social Control in Outsourced Architectural and Engineering Design Consulting Projects: Behavioral Consequences and Motivational Mechanism
Title | Social Control in Outsourced Architectural and Engineering Design Consulting Projects: Behavioral Consequences and Motivational Mechanism |
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Keywords | Architectural and engineering (A/E) design consulting projects Autonomous motivation Design behavior Formal control Self-determination theory Social control |
Issue Date | 1-Apr-2023 |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2023, v. 149, n. 4 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Although social control is the preferable control strategy in projects with low-level outcome measurability and behavior observability, empirical evidence for its effectiveness in such cases is sparse. To fill the knowledge gap, this study explores whether social control is effective in the alleged applicable contexts, taking outsourced architectural and engineering (A/E) design consulting projects as the empirical setting. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data. The results show that social control fosters designers' in-role and extra-role behaviors directly or indirectly through enhancing their autonomous motivation. High-level formal controls may weaken the positive effects of social control on design behaviors. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by adding a social-psychological perspective to organizational control research and by providing empirical evidence for the effectiveness of social control in outsourced A/E design consulting projects. It also offers managerial implications in properly arranging control strategies in outsourced A/E design consulting projects. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/337480 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.071 |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ning, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rowlinson, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-11T10:21:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-11T10:21:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2023, v. 149, n. 4 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0733-9364 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/337480 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Although social control is the preferable control strategy in projects with low-level outcome measurability and behavior observability, empirical evidence for its effectiveness in such cases is sparse. To fill the knowledge gap, this study explores whether social control is effective in the alleged applicable contexts, taking outsourced architectural and engineering (A/E) design consulting projects as the empirical setting. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data. The results show that social control fosters designers' in-role and extra-role behaviors directly or indirectly through enhancing their autonomous motivation. High-level formal controls may weaken the positive effects of social control on design behaviors. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by adding a social-psychological perspective to organizational control research and by providing empirical evidence for the effectiveness of social control in outsourced A/E design consulting projects. It also offers managerial implications in properly arranging control strategies in outsourced A/E design consulting projects. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Architectural and engineering (A/E) design consulting projects | - |
dc.subject | Autonomous motivation | - |
dc.subject | Design behavior | - |
dc.subject | Formal control | - |
dc.subject | Self-determination theory | - |
dc.subject | Social control | - |
dc.title | Social Control in Outsourced Architectural and Engineering Design Consulting Projects: Behavioral Consequences and Motivational Mechanism | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12531 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85146400219 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 149 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1943-7862 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000936671100010 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0733-9364 | - |