The Effect of Conflict on Collaboration and Performance in Nuclear Power Plant Construction Projects

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of conflicts and cooperation on project performance in the nuclear power plant construction project, thus contributing to the successful performance of project participants and the achievement of project objectives. Methods: This study used a method of conducting a survey of participants in the nuclear power plant construction project and verifying the hypothesis statistically. Results: The results of this study are as follows; First, role conflicts and relationship conflicts have negative effects on collaboration. Second, role conflicts have a negative effects on project performance, but conflict in relation has no significant effects on project performance. Third, collaboration has a positive effects on project performance. Finally, the communication quality in the relationship between conflict and collaboration has been shown to have a Moderated effect. Conclusion: In order to achieve the goal in the nuclear power plant construction project, the level of collaboration should be improved based on conflict management among project participants. ● Received 24 June 2019, 1st revised 10 July, accepted 11 July 2019 † Corresponding Author(joe@ssu.ac.kr) c 2019, The Korean Society for Quality Management This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-Commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ISSN 1229-1889(Print) ISSN 2287-9005(Online) J Korean Soc Qual Manag Vol. 47, No.3: 553-569, September 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.7469/JKSQM.2019.47.3.553 554 J Korean Soc Qual Manag Vol. 47, No. 3: 553-569, September 2019