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A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan

Sustainable development is the core agenda item of the 21st century to be addressed simultaneously by societies, businesses, and academia. Likewise, sustainability research in the project context is fragmented and still at a nascent stage with less attention directed towards the key antecedents part...

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Main Authors: Ullah, Mehfooz, M., Waris, Lee, Chia Kuang, Hussain, Ammar, Rana, Faisal, Khan, Asadullah, Sajid, Mirza Rizwan
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2020
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/1/A%20Structural%20Model%20for%20the%20Antecedents.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198013
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spelling my.ump.umpir.294182023-09-25T02:05:35Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/ A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan Ullah, Mehfooz M., Waris Lee, Chia Kuang Hussain, Ammar Rana, Faisal Khan, Asadullah Sajid, Mirza Rizwan HD Industries. Land use. Labor Sustainable development is the core agenda item of the 21st century to be addressed simultaneously by societies, businesses, and academia. Likewise, sustainability research in the project context is fragmented and still at a nascent stage with less attention directed towards the key antecedents particularly in developing countries. Using institutional theory, this paper analyzes the role of normative and mimetic isomorphic pressures as external enablers for integrating sustainability in project processes. Additionally, it aims to empirically validate a structural model for predictors of sustainable project management (SPM). Data were collected from 146 large construction firms in Pakistan which were then analyzed using the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results show that mimetic isomorphic pressures assert more influence than normative pressures in predicting the sustainability performance of construction projects. The inferred implications suggest that large construction firms will tend to improve their sustainable performance under isomorphic pressure from professional bodies and from those competitors who are early adopters of sustainable project practices. This paper contributes to the literature by explaining the role of non-coercive isomorphism as an important enabler of SPM in developing countries. The model presented will enrich our current understanding of SPM by studying its juxtaposition with institutional theory and sustainable development research. MDPI 2020 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/1/A%20Structural%20Model%20for%20the%20Antecedents.pdf Ullah, Mehfooz and M., Waris and Lee, Chia Kuang and Hussain, Ammar and Rana, Faisal and Khan, Asadullah and Sajid, Mirza Rizwan (2020) A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan. Sustainability, 12 (19). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2071-1050. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198013
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Ullah, Mehfooz
M., Waris
Lee, Chia Kuang
Hussain, Ammar
Rana, Faisal
Khan, Asadullah
Sajid, Mirza Rizwan
A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
description Sustainable development is the core agenda item of the 21st century to be addressed simultaneously by societies, businesses, and academia. Likewise, sustainability research in the project context is fragmented and still at a nascent stage with less attention directed towards the key antecedents particularly in developing countries. Using institutional theory, this paper analyzes the role of normative and mimetic isomorphic pressures as external enablers for integrating sustainability in project processes. Additionally, it aims to empirically validate a structural model for predictors of sustainable project management (SPM). Data were collected from 146 large construction firms in Pakistan which were then analyzed using the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results show that mimetic isomorphic pressures assert more influence than normative pressures in predicting the sustainability performance of construction projects. The inferred implications suggest that large construction firms will tend to improve their sustainable performance under isomorphic pressure from professional bodies and from those competitors who are early adopters of sustainable project practices. This paper contributes to the literature by explaining the role of non-coercive isomorphism as an important enabler of SPM in developing countries. The model presented will enrich our current understanding of SPM by studying its juxtaposition with institutional theory and sustainable development research.
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author Ullah, Mehfooz
M., Waris
Lee, Chia Kuang
Hussain, Ammar
Rana, Faisal
Khan, Asadullah
Sajid, Mirza Rizwan
author_facet Ullah, Mehfooz
M., Waris
Lee, Chia Kuang
Hussain, Ammar
Rana, Faisal
Khan, Asadullah
Sajid, Mirza Rizwan
author_sort Ullah, Mehfooz
title A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
title_short A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
title_full A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
title_fullStr A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan
title_sort structural model for the antecedents of sustainable project management in pakistan
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2020
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/1/A%20Structural%20Model%20for%20the%20Antecedents.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29418/
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198013
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