运动中的生产力:从结构化理论的角度对工程咨询公司的 MTM 进行归纳分析

Khalil Rahi, Mira Thoumy, Muhammad Saqib
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本文探讨了多重团队成员身份(MTM)对工程咨询公司团队成员工作效率的影响。MTM 是指员工同时参与多个团队,这一概念与项目化密切相关。本文采用归纳法,对水利和能源基础设施项目的工程咨询专业人员进行了 12 次半结构式访谈,研究了影响 MTM 环境下团队成员工作效率的因素。访谈结束后,采用了德尔菲技术,让 16 位专家对从访谈数据中确定的因素和子因素进行排序。本研究以结构化理论为基础,建立了 8 个因素过程模型,以解释在专门从事水和能源基础设施项目的工程咨询公司中,多重团队成员影响生产率结果的社会技术机制。主要发现揭示了微观基础、技术提供中的紧张关系、规划流程和职业发展,为理论进步和实践改进提供了依据。应用吉登斯的结构化理论,本研究揭示了机构和结构如何在组织、团队和个人层面上影响生产力。在实践中,本研究提供了在项目化环境中提高生产力的建议,主要针对在水和能源基础设施项目专业工程咨询公司的 MTM 环境中工作的团队成员。
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Productivity in motion: a structuration theory lens and inductive analysis of MTM in engineering consulting firms

Purpose

This paper explores the impact of multiple team membership (MTM) on the productivity of team members in engineering consulting firms. MTM refers to employees participating concurrently in multiple teams, a concept closely linked to projectification. Despite the fact that this concept can enhance collaboration, it also introduces coordination challenges that may negatively affect productivity.

Design/methodology/approach

Through an inductive approach involving 12 semi-structured interviews with engineering consulting professionals specializing in water and energy infrastructure projects, this paper examines the factors affecting team member productivity in an MTM setting. Following the interviews, a Delphi technique was employed, engaging 16 experts to rank the factors and sub-factors identified from the interview data. This two-stage approach ensured a comprehensive and validated assessment of productivity factors.

Findings

This study develops 8 factors process model grounded in structuration theory to explain the socio-technical mechanisms by which multiple team membership shapes productivity outcomes in engineering consulting firms specialized in water and energy infrastructure projects. Key findings surface micro-foundations, tensions in technology provisions, planning processes, and career development that inform theoretical advances and practical improvements.

Originality/value

This research contributes empirically insights into managing MTM in expert service contexts. Applying Giddens' structuration theory, this study reveals how agency and structures shape productivity across organizational, team, and individual levels. In practice, this study provides recommendations for improving productivity within projectified environments, mainly for team members working in an MTM environment in engineering consulting firms specializing in water and energy infrastructure projects.

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期刊介绍: ■Organisational design and methods ■Performance management ■Performance measurement tools and techniques ■Process analysis, engineering and re-engineering ■Quality and business excellence management Articles can address these topics theoretically or empirically through either a descriptive or critical approach. The co-Editors support articles that significantly bring new knowledge to the area both for academics and practitioners. The material for publication in IJPPM should be written in a manner which makes it accessible to its entire wide-ranging readership. Submissions of highly technical or mathematically-oriented papers are discouraged.
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