How Individual’s Proactive Behavior Helps Construction Sustainability: Exploring the Effects of Project Citizenship Behavior on Project Performance

Sijia Guo, Xueqing Wang, Lipeng Fu and Yunfeng Liu
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Sijia Guo: College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
Xueqing Wang: College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
Lipeng Fu: College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
Yunfeng Liu: College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: Sustainable development has been commonly identified as a vital target in the construction industry. Studies have examined different management strategies and procedures to promote resource utilization efficiency, while the human factors in sustainable construction have received far less attention. This paper investigates the influence of Project Citizenship Behavior (PCB) on project performance in the sustainable construction context. After introducing the concept of “relationship sustainability,” a moderating model is established. Data are collected from 152 experienced construction project managers in China. The results show positive relationships between most dimensions of Project Citizenship Behavior and construction sustainability performance, in spite of the negative effect of taking charge on relationship sustainability. Moreover, the degree of complexity of projects acts as a moderator in the relationship between Project Citizenship Behavior and construction sustainability performance. This paper endeavors to enrich the knowledge of sustainable construction by regarding human behavioral factors as important resources and explaining their effect on project sustainability, thus shedding light on the theory of sustainable construction by extending it to the micro-level analysis, as well as offering guidelines about how to raise the sustainability level of construction projects.

Keywords: project Citizenship behavior; sustainable construction; relationship sustainability; project performance; project complexity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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