Title: Nature of effects of dynamics of team control on project team effectiveness in construction project delivery

Authors: Titus Ebenezer Kwofie; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa; Ellence Dipolelo Molobela

Addresses: Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ' Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ' Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract: Plethora of research have indicated that task performance is influenced by the level of project team effectiveness and team control. However, little is known about the influence of team control on construction project team effectiveness. Using a questionnaire survey and a partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis, this study explored the effects of dynamics of team control on the level of team effectiveness in construction project delivery. The results revealed that formal control (FC) and informal control (IC) account for about 65% (0.648) and 30% (0.304) respectively of the total 71.0% variance in the level of team effectiveness in project delivery. Thus, formal and informal controls in project teams make substantial and moderate effects respectively to the level of team effectiveness in project delivery. Thus, project teams can enhance and legitimise their formal and informal controls in project delivery towards improving their effectiveness in task and team performance.

Keywords: team control; team effectiveness; project delivery; teamwork.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2020.108119

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2020 Vol.36 No.3, pp.360 - 380

Received: 10 Nov 2017
Accepted: 11 Apr 2018
Published online: 03 Jul 2020 *

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