Browsing by Author "Brandt, Annika"

The purpose of this study was to find out whether team climate and organizational justice affect project alliance performance. The study also examined whether the psychological models of team climate and organizational justice apply to the context of construction project alliances. The construction sector has long suffered from low productivity, overruns and disagreements. Although the construction industry has begun to seek better performance from integrated delivery models, the psychological phenomena in this context have not yet been studied. A survey with short versions of the Team Climate Inventory and the Organizational Justice Inventory alongside different project performance related questions was sent to 21 different Finnish construction project alliances. Data was collected from 125 respondents from different roles and organizations in 13 different projects. A linear regression analysis was conducted to determine the association between team climate, organizational justice and alliance performance. Both team climate and organizational justice were associated with better project alliance performance. Team climate acted as a mediator between organizational justice and project alliance performance. When team climate was controlled, the association between organizational justice and project alliance performance was statistically significantly decreased. The constructs of team climate and organizational justice were somewhat inconsistent with previous studies, which was probably influenced by poor implementation of goal setting and decision making processes in the alliances.