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Amuda-Yusuf, G and Mohamed, S F (2015) Essential features of a building services standard method of measurement in Malaysia. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 749-70.
Babatunde, S O, Perera, S, Zhou, L and Udeaja, C (2015) Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries: A case of Nigeria. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 669-91.
Ballesteros-Pérez, P, del Campo-Hitschfeld, M L, González-Naranjo, M A and González-Cruz, M C (2015) Climate and construction delays: Case study in Chile. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 596-621.
Ding, Z, Zuo, J, Wu, J and Wang, J Y (2015) Key factors for the BIM adoption by architects: A China study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 732-48.
Ikediashi, D I and Ogunlana, S O (2015) Significant risk factors associated with facilities management outsourcing: A study on Nigeria’s public hospitals. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 771-96.
Khanh, H D and Kim, S Y (2015) Development of waste occurrence level indicator in Vietnam construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 715-31.
Luo, L-z, Mao, C, Shen, L-y and Li, Z-d (2015) Risk factors affecting practitioners’ attitudes toward the implementation of an industrialized building system: A case study from China. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 622-43.
Meng, J, Xue, B, Liu, B and Fang, N (2015) Relationships between top managers’ leadership and infrastructure sustainability: A Chinese urbanization perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 692-714.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction projects; Chinese urbanization; infrastructure sustainability; leadership competence; structural equation model; top managers
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- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-01-2014-0013
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Purpose - Top managers who possess outstanding leadership competence make significant contributions toward achieving project success. The relationship between the top managers’ leadership and infrastructure sustainability (IS), one of the most important project success criteria, is empirically researched in this study. The purpose of this paper is to explore relationships between top managers’ leadership competence of intellectual competence (IQ), managerial competence (MQ), and emotional and social competence (EQ) and to explore relationships between leadership competence and IS. Design/methodology/approach - Based on 246 obtained responses to a questionnaire survey across infrastructure projects in the context of the Chinese urbanization process, the analysis of the relationships between top managers’ leadership and IS was performed using a structural equation model (SEM). Findings - Results indicate that top managers’ leadership competence, with MQ being the main determinant, followed by IQ, directly drives the entire life cycle of an infrastructure project toward accomplishing IS. Through positively influencing the moderate variable of MQ, EQ competence is found to have an indirect influence on IS. Practical implications - In terms of practical implications, the outcomes of this research will provide criteria for the selection of top managers for infrastructure projects to realize IS during the process of Chinese urbanization. Originality/value - The established SEM improves the leadership competence framework of IQ, MQ, and EQ in the respect of reflecting the context of infrastructure projects and promotes the research and development of leadership theory in the construction area.
Othman, A A, Rahman, S A, Sundram, V P K and Bhatti, M A (2015) Modelling marketing resources, procurement process coordination and firm performance in the Malaysian building construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(06), 644-68.