Abstract: Although control strategies are widely used to mitigate opportunistic behaviors, their implementation in consulting projects with intangible outputs can be challenging. Whether or not control strategies are effective to ...

Abstract: Project-based firms (PBFs) have to sense and seize new project opportunities by dynamically adapting and reconfiguring resources and activities to survive in the fast and highly competitive business environment. Yet, it ...

Abstract: Contractual focus is thought to lie on a spectrum ranging from formal contract behaviors to relational behaviors. This study aims to investigate whether the use of relational behaviors leads to higher-quality relationships ...

Abstract: Drawing upon relational contract (RC) theory and network embeddedness theory, this study investigates how relational transactions (i.e., RC norms and network strategies) affect relationship quality and outcomes of public ...

Abstract: Relational transactions, comprising relational contracts and network strategies, could contribute to better outcomes for general construction projects. However, public projects seem to face more constraints when adopting ...