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Project beneficiary participation and behavioural intentions promoting project sustainability: The mediating role of psychological ownership
Author(s) -
Aga Deribe Assefa,
Noorderhaven N.,
Vallejo B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12241
Subject(s) - beneficiary , sustainability , livelihood , business , project planning , project stakeholder , project charter , project management , economic growth , economics , agriculture , finance , management , geography , ecology , biology , archaeology
It is of great importance that development projects (especially those projects that target improving the livelihood of rural communities) continue to deliver their intended benefits over their intended economic life—we call this “project sustainability.” Applying an experimental design, our study reveals that active involvement of project beneficiaries during the needs assessment and planning stages has a significant positive influence on the behavioural intentions of the project beneficiaries toward project sustainability. Our study also finds that psychological ownership plays a mediating role in the relationship between project beneficiary participation and project sustainability. Implications for project sustainability and directions for future research are discussed.