Print Email Facebook Twitter No-Blame Culture and the Effectiveness of Project-Based Design Teams in the Construction Industry Title No-Blame Culture and the Effectiveness of Project-Based Design Teams in the Construction Industry: The Mediating Role of Teamwork Author Koolwijk, J.S.J. (TU Delft Design & Construction Management) van Oel, C.J. (TU Delft Design & Construction Management) Gaviria Moreno, Juan Carlos (Heijmans) Date 2020 Abstract This study investigates how a no-blame culture affects the effectiveness of project-based design teams across different project delivery methods in the construction industry. Ninety-two team members of 34 project-based design teams assessed the no-blame culture, level of teamwork, and team effectiveness in teams that were procured through different routes. A multilevel analysis shows that the relation between integrated project delivery methods, such as design–build and strategic partnering, and team effectiveness varies across levels of no-blame culture. A mediated regression analysis found that the effect of no-blame culture on team effectiveness is mediated by teamwork. Managers of project-based design teams in the construction industry should, therefore, invest both time and effort in creating a no-blame culture and the level of teamwork in parallel. This will enhance the level of team effectiveness in integrated project delivery methods. Subject Construction industryNo-blame cultureProject-based design teamsTeam effectivenessTeamwork To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d12d28e-2921-4cea-ab2d-fe0958cdeccf DOI https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000796 Embargo date 2020-10-27 ISSN 0742-597X Source Journal of Management in Engineering, 36 (4) Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 J.S.J. Koolwijk, C.J. van Oel, Juan Carlos Gaviria Moreno Files PDF _ASCE_ME.1943_5479.0000796.pdf 474.58 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6d12d28e-2921-4cea-ab2d-fe0958cdeccf/datastream/OBJ/view