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Effects of workgroup identification on cooperative behaviour in construction projects
conference contribution
posted on 2013-09-25, 10:11 authored by Aaron AnvuurResearch suggests that social identities and processes of identification are central to effective construction management practice. Yet, there is a paucity of construction management research that investigates the substantive relevance of social identification. To redress this gap, a superordinate multidimensional ‘cause’ model for workgroup identification (with three reflective dimensions: cognitive identification, pride, and respect) was tested for its effects on individuals’ in-role, extra-role, compliance, and deference behaviour. This was undertaken with a survey sample of 381 construction managers in the UK, and using maximum likelihood structural equation modelling. The results show that workgroup identification predicts all four dimensions of cooperation. The results also suggest that workgroup identification s better modelled as a superordinate construct than by its dimensions as a related bundle. Construction managers need to give serious construction to the management of processes of identification in the work place.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
ANVUUR, A.M., 2013. Effects of workgroup identification on cooperative behaviour in construction projects. IN: Liu, A.M.M. ... et al (eds). Proceedings of HKU-HKHA International Conference 2013: Construction and Housing in the 21st Century, 2nd-3rd May 2013, Cyberport 3, Hong Kong. Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, China, pp. 524 - 536Publisher
© Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong.Version
- VoR (Version of Record)
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2013Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
9789627757108Language
- en