Contractor commitment and the delivery of road infrastructure projects in Uganda: A practitioner perspective

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1930695

Andrew Emejeit, O. P. Nagitta, Michael Okoche, M. Mkansi

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ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between commitment (specifically the affective, continuance and normative aspects of commitment) and the delivery of road infrastructure in Uganda. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design with a sample of 266 that was purposively selected from road project engineers related to the Uganda National Roads Authority, the Ministry of Works and Transport, and the Uganda National Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings indicate that all three indicators of commitment (affective, continuance, and normative) significantly affect the delivery of road infrastructure projects, though in varying degrees. The researchers recommend the implementation of mechanisms to enhance the three forms of commitment in the delivery of road infrastructure projects in Uganda. Notwithstanding other factors, the paper makes a contribution to the area of road construction in the developing country context by extending previous qualitative findings which focused solely on a case-based approach. This will enable policymakers and practitioners to gain an appreciation of the key dimensions of contractor commitment that may influence the delivery of road infrastructure projects in developing countries.

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乌干达道路基础设施项目的承包商承诺和交付:一个实践者的视角

本研究考察了乌干达道路基础设施交付与承诺(特别是承诺的情感、持续性和规范性方面)之间的关系。这项研究采用了横断面调查设计，有目的地从与乌干达国家道路管理局、工程和运输部以及乌干达国家建筑和土木工程承包商协会有关的道路项目工程师中选择了266名样本。使用自我管理的问卷来收集数据。采用探索性因子分析和多元回归分析对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，承诺的所有三个指标(情感、持续性和规范性)都显著影响道路基础设施项目的交付，尽管程度不同。这组科学家建议在乌干达道路基础设施项目的交付过程中实施机制来加强这三种形式的承诺。尽管有其他因素，该文件对发展中国家的道路建设领域作出了贡献，因为它扩展了以前仅侧重于基于案例的方法的定性研究结果。这将使决策者和从业人员能够了解承包商承诺的关键方面，这些方面可能影响发展中国家道路基础设施项目的交付。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.