Structural equation modeling analysis of factors influencing architects' trust in project design teams

作     者：丁志坤 NG Fung-fai 

作者机构：College of Civil EngineeringShenzhen University Faculty of ArchitectureThe University of Hong Kong 

出 版 物：《Journal of Chongqing University》 (重庆大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第8卷第1期

页      面：32-36页

学科分类：081302[工学-建筑设计及其理论] 08[工学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 

基　　金：Funded by the R & D Project of the Ministry of Construction of China 

主　　题：architect trust project design team cluster sampling structural equation modeling 

摘      要：This paper describes a structural equation modeling （SEM） analysis of factors influencing architects＇ trust in project design teams. We undertook a survey of architects, during which we distributed 193 questionnaires in 29 A-level architectural design institutes selected radomly from the altogether 59 ones in Shenzhen, P. R. China, and received 130 valid questionnaires. We used Amos 6.0 for SEM to identify significant personal construct based factors affecting interpersonal trust. The results show that only social interaction between architects significantly affects their interpersonal trust. The explained variance of trus~ is not very high in the model. Therefore, future research should add more factors into the current model. The practical implication is that team managers should promote the social interactions between team members such that the interpersonal trust level between team members can be improved.