Abstract
Stakeholder involvement in the project planning process should include a variety of actors with different roles and responsibilities at the planning phase of the project life cycle. Failure to adequately plan greatly reduces the project’s chances of successfully accomplishing its goals. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of stakeholder participation in project planning on the completion of urban road transport-infrastructure projects in Kenya. Pragmatic research paradigm was utilized for this study to facilitate mixed research methods. The study adopted descriptive survey and correlational research design. The target population was 1593. A sample size of 309 respondents was drawn utilizing purposive and simple random sampling procedures. A five point Likert type scale questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data while interview guides were used to collect qualitative data. The study found that stakeholder participation in project planning had a positive and significant influence on the completion of urban road transport infrastructure projects in Kenya (r = 0.838, R2 = 0.703, F (4, 209) = 123.43, p < 0.001 < 0.05). R2 = 0.703 indicating that stakeholder participation in project planning explains 70.3% of the variations in the completion of urban road transport infrastructure projects in Kenya. The study concluded that stakeholder participation in project planning significantly influences completion of urban road transport-infrastructure projects in Kenya. The study recommends the need to increase training and awareness on participation in project planning. The study also recommends the need to develop a guiding policy document detailing the importance of stakeholder participation in road construction life cycle in order to curb any future misgivings in implementation of these important socio-economic projects.
Highlights
Road transport infrastructure network is often seen as the arteries through which a country’s economy survives, since roads are expected to link economic entities such as markets, employees to workplaces, students to learning institutions, and other socio-economic activities
The study found that stakeholder participation in project planning had a positive and significant influence on the completion of urban road transport infrastructure projects in Kenya (r = 0.838, R2 = 0.703, F (4, 209) = 123.43, p < 0.001 < 0.05)
The study findings indicated that 81.8% did not participate in planning the interventions even though regression analysis was not carried the current study which sought to study participatory project planning and performance of urban road transport infrastructure projects
Summary
Road transport infrastructure network is often seen as the arteries through which a country’s economy survives, since roads are expected to link economic entities such as markets, employees to workplaces, students to learning institutions, and other socio-economic activities. The newfangled priority on stakeholder engagement developed together with the quality movement that is centered on the concept that all individuals and entities involved in the development and consumption of products or services are responsible for quality assurance. In view of Gardiner [3] the two movements complement each other. He embraces the opinion that risk and profit should not be prioritized ahead of the process of stakeholder engagement and management
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