A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects

The public procurement in Malaysia has always been regulated by a comprehensive procedure of tender preparation, evaluation and award. Though these measures are meant to insulate unwarranted behaviors or biased decisions of the procurement officers, the public procurement is still plagued with recur...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kan, Fock Kui
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84069/1/KanFockKuiPFAB2016.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-utm-ep.84069
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-utm-ep.840692019-11-05T04:36:25Z A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects 2016-11 Kan, Fock Kui TH Building construction The public procurement in Malaysia has always been regulated by a comprehensive procedure of tender preparation, evaluation and award. Though these measures are meant to insulate unwarranted behaviors or biased decisions of the procurement officers, the public procurement is still plagued with recurring irregularities. Therefore, this study aimed to review and investigate the factors causing irregularities in the current contractor selection and award process. In addition, a conceptual model for improving the procurement decision making process has been developed based on the notion of bounded rationality. In the context of a procurement committee, the individuals were not only influenced by their cognitive limitation, they are also susceptible to irrational group behavior, namely groupthink. The compound of both influences has substantially undermined the deliberation process and hence resulted irregularities in procurement decisions. This research employed quantitative approach and was participated by 289 procurement officers from Malaysian local authorities. Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) statistical analysis technique was employed to test the model. The model confirmed that three antecedents namely accountability, prior knowledge and work experience directly impact the procedural rationality. Whereas, two antecedents namely group insulation and group cohesiveness were directly related to groupthink. Besides, procedural rationality was confirmed to mitigate groupthink effect, whereas groupthink induced defective decision making. In addition, both procedural rationality and defective decision making were found to be associated with procurement decision irregularities. The model was validated for its capability to detect the likelihood of irregularities decisions in the public procurement context. 2016-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84069/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84069/1/KanFockKuiPFAB2016.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:125990 phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection	UTM Institutional Repository
language	English
topic	TH Building construction
spellingShingle	TH Building construction Kan, Fock Kui A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
description	The public procurement in Malaysia has always been regulated by a comprehensive procedure of tender preparation, evaluation and award. Though these measures are meant to insulate unwarranted behaviors or biased decisions of the procurement officers, the public procurement is still plagued with recurring irregularities. Therefore, this study aimed to review and investigate the factors causing irregularities in the current contractor selection and award process. In addition, a conceptual model for improving the procurement decision making process has been developed based on the notion of bounded rationality. In the context of a procurement committee, the individuals were not only influenced by their cognitive limitation, they are also susceptible to irrational group behavior, namely groupthink. The compound of both influences has substantially undermined the deliberation process and hence resulted irregularities in procurement decisions. This research employed quantitative approach and was participated by 289 procurement officers from Malaysian local authorities. Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) statistical analysis technique was employed to test the model. The model confirmed that three antecedents namely accountability, prior knowledge and work experience directly impact the procedural rationality. Whereas, two antecedents namely group insulation and group cohesiveness were directly related to groupthink. Besides, procedural rationality was confirmed to mitigate groupthink effect, whereas groupthink induced defective decision making. In addition, both procedural rationality and defective decision making were found to be associated with procurement decision irregularities. The model was validated for its capability to detect the likelihood of irregularities decisions in the public procurement context.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Kan, Fock Kui
author_facet	Kan, Fock Kui
author_sort	Kan, Fock Kui
title	A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
title_short	A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
title_full	A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
title_fullStr	A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
title_full_unstemmed	A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
title_sort	model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department	Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate	2016
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84069/1/KanFockKuiPFAB2016.pdf
_version_	1747818437854363648

A model for assessing procurement irregularities in decision making process at the tendering stage of construction projects

Similar Items