Influence of Trust Between Government and Social Capital on PPP Project Performance: The Mediating Role of Cooperative Behavior.

To explain the difference on the positive or negative effects of trust on project performance in previous studies, a leoretical model involving trust (competence trust and goodwill trust) as independent variable, PPP project performance as ependent variable, and cooperative behavior (intra-role behavior and extra-role behavior) as mediator was built. The empirical nalysis of 286 valid questionnaires was conducted by structural equation model. The results indicated that both competence trust nd goodwill trust play positive roles in improving PPP project performance, and intra-role behavior and extra-role behavior have ositive effects on PPP project performance. Moreover, intra-role behavior and extra-role behavior partially mediates the relationship etween trust and PPP project performance. This study provides further understanding of the influence mechanism of different imensions of trust on PPP project performance in the context of China, and provides management suggestions for solving the low erformance problems in the practice of PPP projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]