How Do Relational Contracting Norms Affect IPD Teamwork Effectiveness? A Social Capital Perspective

Abstract

As a typical relational contracting (RC) method, integrated project delivery (IPD) attaches importance to key contracting parties’ teamwork effectiveness. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between RC norms and IPD teamwork effectiveness from a social capital (SC) perspective and to examine the moderating role of building information modeling (BIM) application level. Survey data from 144 respondents were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results show that both cognitive SC (shared vision) and relational SC (trust) partially mediate the relationship between RC norms and IPD teamwork effectiveness and that high-level BIM application strengthens the positive relationships. The findings’ implications are discussed.