TY - JOUR
T1 - Differentiating two types of learning in contract design
T2 - Evidence from the construction industry
AU - Wang, Yu
AU - Chen, Yongqiang
AU - Wang, Wenqian
AU - Tang, Yinqiu
N1 - This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grants No. 71231006 and 71572124.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - This research investigates the learning of inter-organizational contract design in greater depth. Two types of learning, i.e. learning from all past partnerships and learning from one specific partner, are distinguished in terms of their influence on the complexity of three different functions of the contract, namely control, coordination, and adaptation. Contract design capability and interorganizational routines are employed as mediators to explain the two types of learning respectively. Empirical tests using data from the Chinese construction industry reveal that there are significant indirect effects between partner-specific experience and contractual coordination, and between general partnership experience and all the three functions of the contract. This research contributes to the literature by providing more nuanced conclusions regarding the contract learning issue.
AB - This research investigates the learning of inter-organizational contract design in greater depth. Two types of learning, i.e. learning from all past partnerships and learning from one specific partner, are distinguished in terms of their influence on the complexity of three different functions of the contract, namely control, coordination, and adaptation. Contract design capability and interorganizational routines are employed as mediators to explain the two types of learning respectively. Empirical tests using data from the Chinese construction industry reveal that there are significant indirect effects between partner-specific experience and contractual coordination, and between general partnership experience and all the three functions of the contract. This research contributes to the literature by providing more nuanced conclusions regarding the contract learning issue.
KW - Partnering experience
KW - Organizational learning
KW - Contractual complexity
KW - Contractual functions
KW - Contract design capability
KW - Interorganizational routines
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057467141&origin=inward
U2 - 10.1016/j.scaman.2018.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.scaman.2018.11.001
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0956-5221
VL - 35
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Management
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Management
IS - 1
ER -