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Back, W E, Grau, D and Mejia-Aguilar, G (2013) Effectiveness Evaluation of Contract Incentives on Project Performance. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 9(04), 288-306.

  • Type: Journal Article
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  • ISBN/ISSN: 1557-8771
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2012.729551
  • Abstract:
    Incentive plans are predetermined contract strategies designed to motivate project personnel and/or organizations to achieve prescribed project performance objectives. Incentive plans may be designed in a variety of ways and can be used singularly or in combination, allowing project sponsors to apply several different motivational strategies concurrently on a given project. This article addresses the issue of incentive effectiveness and investigates the actual influence of incentive strategies on measures of project performance. Data was collected in two phases and included capturing case study information from multiple project organizations and a subsequent detailed survey instrument that included over 90 project respondents. The findings indicate that the implementation of contract incentive strategies can have widely varied levels of effectiveness and may not actually yield the assumed benefits to overall measures of cost and schedule performance. Furthermore, some projects reported that incentives actually created unexpected or adverse consequences or lost their viability during project execution.

Bigelow, B F, Glick, S and Aragon, A (2013) Participation in Construction Management Student Competitions: Perceived Positive and Negative Effects. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 9(04), 272-87.

Davis, K A (2013) Using Low- and No-Stakes Quizzing for Student Self-Evaluation of Readiness for Exams. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 9(04), 256-71.

Lopez Del Puerto, C, Strong, K and Miller, M (2013) Analysis of Owners Safety Management Approaches in Design-Build Projects. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 9(04), 307-16.

Sewalk, S and Nietfeld, K (2013) Barriers Preventing Women from Enrolling in Construction Management Programs. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 9(04), 239-55.