TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the effect of stakeholder relationship quality on technological innovation in off-site construction
T2 - The mediating role of the knowledge sharing
AU - Ma, Shengbin
AU - Li, Zhongfu
AU - Li, Long
AU - Yuan, Mengqi
AU - Yin, Xianfei
N1 - Funding Information:
The questionnaire was conducted through a combination of online and offline. Respondents were mainly key employees from owners, contractors, component suppliers, design firms, and consulting firms operating in China, such as project managers or specialists with a comprehensive understanding of the company. These companies have been involved in the production, construction, consulting, and design of components for at least three or more OSC projects. The research team included five members from two universities and was supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China (MO-HURD) in distributing the questionnaire. Firstly, a link to the electronic questionnaire was sent to the respondents.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72071027), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M712047), the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. ZR2021QG046) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 22CX06069A). Funding This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 72071027, by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No. 2022M712047, by the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. ZR2021QG046 and by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. 22CX06069A.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
PY - 2023/1/3
Y1 - 2023/1/3
N2 - Off-site construction (OSC) is generally propagated as a sustainable and green construction method in the global construction industry. Over the past few decades, OSC has become famous worldwide for its numerous benefits. Technological innovation can speed up the development of OSC and has attracted a lot of attention from stakeholders who are promoting technological innovation by seeking collaborations. OSC is different from traditional manufacturing, and little effort has been spent on how the stakeholder relationship quality affects technological innovation. This study therefore makes efforts to explore the mechanism of how stakeholder relationship quality influences the OSC technological innovation and to explain the stakeholder relationship quality in terms of communication, trust, and commitment. This paper constructs a multidimensional hypothesis model consisting of five concepts: communication, trust, commitment, knowledge sharing, and technological innovation. A valid sample of 125 was collected through a questionnaire survey in mainland China. The sample data were dealt with and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLSSEM) to validate the proposed hypothesis model. The results reveal that trust and knowledge sharing affect technological innovation directly. Communication and commitment are not identified to have statistically significant influences on technological innovation in OSC. Communication, trust, and commitment positively contribute to knowledge sharing. Last, knowledge sharing completely and partially mediates between relationship quality and technological innovation. This study explores the impact of stakeholder relationship quality on OSC technological innovation and verifies the mediating role of knowledge sharing. These findings provide valuable theoretical guidance for OSC technological innovation and practical insights for stakeholders to promote technological innovation by enhancing relationship quality and knowledge sharing.
AB - Off-site construction (OSC) is generally propagated as a sustainable and green construction method in the global construction industry. Over the past few decades, OSC has become famous worldwide for its numerous benefits. Technological innovation can speed up the development of OSC and has attracted a lot of attention from stakeholders who are promoting technological innovation by seeking collaborations. OSC is different from traditional manufacturing, and little effort has been spent on how the stakeholder relationship quality affects technological innovation. This study therefore makes efforts to explore the mechanism of how stakeholder relationship quality influences the OSC technological innovation and to explain the stakeholder relationship quality in terms of communication, trust, and commitment. This paper constructs a multidimensional hypothesis model consisting of five concepts: communication, trust, commitment, knowledge sharing, and technological innovation. A valid sample of 125 was collected through a questionnaire survey in mainland China. The sample data were dealt with and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLSSEM) to validate the proposed hypothesis model. The results reveal that trust and knowledge sharing affect technological innovation directly. Communication and commitment are not identified to have statistically significant influences on technological innovation in OSC. Communication, trust, and commitment positively contribute to knowledge sharing. Last, knowledge sharing completely and partially mediates between relationship quality and technological innovation. This study explores the impact of stakeholder relationship quality on OSC technological innovation and verifies the mediating role of knowledge sharing. These findings provide valuable theoretical guidance for OSC technological innovation and practical insights for stakeholders to promote technological innovation by enhancing relationship quality and knowledge sharing.
KW - knowledge sharing
KW - off-site construction
KW - PLS-SEM
KW - stakeholder relationship quality
KW - technological innovation
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U2 - 10.3846/jcem.2022.17870
DO - 10.3846/jcem.2022.17870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146258938
SN - 1392-3730
VL - 29
SP - 77
EP - 92
JO - Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
JF - Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
IS - 1
ER -
