Impact of cash flow variation on project performance: contractors’ perspective

• Autorzy: Tarawneh Sultan , Almahmoud Anoud Fawwaz , Hajjeh Hassan

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DOI

10.2478/emj-2023-0006

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study aims to determine the impact of cash flow variation in Jordanian construction projects from contractors’ perspective and its relationship with project performance. An online questionnaire was developed and distributed to a selective sample. The respondents were project managers from contracting companies working in Jordan, around 340 construction companies. The sample frame was a form of non-probability sampling of 181 project managers. The collected data were analysed using the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. The study results showed a positive statistically significant effect at the significance level (α ≤0.05) of cash flow variation on project performance in Jordanian construction projects. In addition, respondents indicated a high level of agreement on the impact of cash flow variation on projects’ performance, with a mean of 4.01 and a standard deviation of .546. However, on the project performance dimensions’ level, Quality came first, with a mean of 4.11 and at a high level, followed by Safety, with a mean of 4.01 and at a high level, while Final Cost ranked third with a mean of 3.96 and at a high level. Finally, Project Final Duration ranked fourth with a mean of 3.95. The researchers recommended the necessity of more efforts for a better understanding of the importance of cash flow by contractors to schedule project activities correctly and efficiently to maintain a steady state of the project cash flow.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

cash flow; project performance; Jordan; construction; cash variation; contractor; quality

PL

przepływ środków pieniężnych; wydajność projektu; Jordania; budownictwo; zmiany środków pieniężnych; wykonawca; jakość

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 1
• Strony: 73--85
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Tarawneh Sultan

• Mutah University, Applied Science Private University, Jordan

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6194-2833

autor

Almahmoud Anoud Fawwaz

• Mutah University, Jordan

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-7565

autor

Hajjeh Hassan

• Applied Science Private University, Jordan

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-0536

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