Research on Multidimensional Connotations of Megaproject Construction Organization Citizenship Behavior

Abstract

Based on a literature review and the context characteristics of construction megaprojects (CMPs), a multidimensional connotation model of CMP citizenship behavior was proposed, including definitions, actors, and dimensions. Organizational citizenship behavior includes Cooperation Behavior (CoB), Collaboration Behavior (ClB), Innovation Behavior (IB), Voice Behavior (VB),Conscientiousness & Dedication Behavior (CDB), Benefit Defense Behavior (BDB) and Guanxi (Relations) Maintenance Behavior (GMB). Actors were divided into three levels that were project managers (individual), participant agents (group) and project organization (network).

Keywords

construction megaproject (CMP) / organizational citizenship behavior / connotation / grounded theory

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Acknowledgments

This work described in this paper has been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71390523, 71571137). Thanks are given to all of the experts involved in the interviews. Special gratitude is also extended to the Editor and other anonymous reviewers for the insightful comments and suggestions on earlier versions of the manuscript.

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