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Antecedents of behavioural commitment in inter-organizational relationships: a field study of the UK construction industry

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  • Eric Shiu
  • Zhizhong Jiang
  • Ghasem Zaefarian

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Commitment is vital in inter-organizational relationships. It is important to understand what drives commitment which then affects the relationship between organizations. Commitment is a multidimensional construct and its dimensions can be broadly categorized into attitudinal and behavioural perspectives. In conventional practice, commitment researchers have tended to focus on the attitudinal perspective, while the behavioural perspective is largely ignored. In an attempt to buck that conventional trend commitment research is proposed along the unconventional but widely accepted as important behavioural perspective, building up a more complete understanding of the importance of behavioural commitment, as well as developing and validating a theoretical model that depicts precisely the relationship between behavioural commitment and its key driving factors. Accordingly a large-scale questionnaire survey has been conducted in the UK construction industry and 636 responses were collected. Structural equation modelling was then used to test the theoretical model. Results validate trust, reliance and dependence as the major antecedents of behavioural commitment. A new direction in commitment research adds new findings to the current body of commitment literature.

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  • Eric Shiu & Zhizhong Jiang & Ghasem Zaefarian, 2014. "Antecedents of behavioural commitment in inter-organizational relationships: a field study of the UK construction industry," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(9), pages 888-903, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:32:y:2014:i:9:p:888-903
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2014.915335
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    1. Najafi-Tavani, Zhaleh & Mousavi, Sahar & Zaefarian, Ghasem & Naudé, Peter, 2020. "Relationship learning and international customer involvement in new product design: The moderating roles of customer dependence and cultural distance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 42-58.
    2. Lauri Pulkka & Miro Ristimäki & Karoliina Rajakallio & Seppo Junnila, 2016. "Applicability and benefits of the ecosystem concept in the construction industry," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 129-144, February.

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