Title: Effect of community culture on the sustainability community-based projects as moderated by legal-political framework: empirical evidence of Nyeri County, Kenya

Authors: Alice Njeri Nderi; Manjit Singh

Addresses: Applied Management – Project Planning and Management, University School of Applied Management, Punjabi University, 147002, Patiala, India ' University School of Applied Management, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

Abstract: Community-based projects advocate for providing long term benefits to enrich communities' wellbeing. However, such projects are neither free of interference from political class nor consistently sustainable. Most recent studies evaluating the factors associated with sustainability of such projects typically examine case studies, or focus on environment, social and economic aspects. To fill this gap, this study used empirical data in a variety of community-based projects, in different geographical settings with different cultural experiences to examine the effect of community culture on sustainability and explore the interaction effect of legal-political framework on the relationship between community culture and sustainability. Using partial least square structure equation modelling and regression analysis, the study shows that community culture, has a positive significant effect on sustainability. Additionally, legal-political framework has an interaction effect. The study suggests that assimilating culture in the projects life cycle and aligning projects legislations with culture can result to sustainability.

Keywords: community culture; community social-cohesion; gender; community resilience; community-based projects; CBPs; community ventures; sustainability; legal-political framework; political environment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSS.2020.112409

International Journal of Society Systems Science, 2020 Vol.12 No.4, pp.306 - 328

Received: 25 May 2020
Accepted: 26 Jul 2020
Published online: 14 Jan 2021 *

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