Clear terms first and courtesy later: the role of contractual governance in construction project resilience from the integrative perspective
基于中国建筑企业调查数据，研究了合同设计（具体性和灵活性）与合同应用对建设项目韧性的影响，发现关系纽带起部分中介作用，环境不确定性增强合同灵活性的积极作用。
Construction projects are confronted with disruptive events. This study explores the effects of contractual governance on construction project resilience. By adopting an integrative perspective (i.e. integrating the governance stage perspective and the contract content perspective), this study divides contractual governance into contract design (furthermore contract specificity and contract flexibility) and contract application. Besides, this study explores the mediating role of relational ties and the moderating effects of environmental uncertainty. Survey data were collected from Chinese construction firms. The results suggest that contract specificity and flexibility enhance proactive and reactive resilience while relational ties partially mediate the above enhancements. Contract application hampers reactive resilience. Besides, environmental uncertainty strengthens the positive role of contract flexibility. Theoretically, this study investigates the less-explored construction project resilience and its antecedents and contributes to explaining the contradictory role of contractual governance by adopting the integrative perspective. Practically, this study provides recommendations to enhance construction project resilience.