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 Volume 6, Issue 7 (July 2019), Pages: 43-53

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: The relationship between critical success factors and success criteria in construction projects in the United Arab Emirates

 Author(s): Jaafer Y. Altarawneh *, Behrang Samadi

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (A.P.U), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-2446

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.07.006

 Abstract:

In this research, it was attempted to examine the relationship between critical project success factors and success criteria in construction projects. The study targeted the United Arab Emirates construction market in particular. The success factors were evaluated by their influence and contribution to the actual performance of the construction project on eight criteria. 33 indicators were identified through literature review and grouped into five distinct factors. The partial least squares (PLS) technique was applied to analyze the causal relationships between constructs using the software application Smart-PLS 2.0. The paper revealed the influence of each success factor towards the success criteria of construction projects in the by valuing their standardized structural path. The results illustrate that the Human related factors have the highest influence on the success criteria of construction projects in the UAE. This result provides useful information necessary to help construction involved parties better understand their strengths and weaknesses and then take the related actions necessary to improve and develop their strategies toward projects success. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Construction, Critical success factors, Success criteria

 Article History: Received 15 February 2019, Received in revised form 3 May 2019, Accepted 4 May 2019

 Acknowledgement:

No Acknowledgement.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Altarawneh JY and Samadi B (2019). The relationship between critical success factors and success criteria in construction projects in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(7): 43-53

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