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Pan, G. S. C. (2005). Information systems project abandonment: a stakeholder analysis. International Journal of Project Management, 25(2), 173-184
Pan, G., & Pan, S. L. (2006). Examining the coalition dynamics affecting IS project abandonment decision-making. De-cision Support Systems, 42(2), 639-655.
Pero, M., Stößlein, M., & Cigolini, R., (2015). Linking product modularity to supply chain integration in the construc-tion and shipbuilding industries. International Journal of Production Economics, 170, 602–615.
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Shehu, Z., Endut, I. R., Akintoye, A., & Holt, G. D. (2014). Cost overrun in the Malaysian construction industry pro-jects: A deeper insight. International Journal of Project Management, 32(8), 1471–1480.
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Woka, I. P., & Miebaka, B. A. (2014). An assessment of the causes and effects of abandonment of development projects on real property values in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences, 2(5), 25-36.
Youde, J. (2005). The development of a counter-epistemic community: AIDS, South Africa, and international regimes. International Relations, 19(4), 421-439.
Al‐Kharashi, A., & kimore, M., (2009). Causes of delays in Saudi Arabian public sector construction projects. Journal of Construction Management and Economics, 27(1), 3-23.
Amoako, I. S., & Lyon, F., (2014). We don’t deal with courts’; Cooperation and alternative institutions shaping export-ing relations of small and medium-sized enterprise in Ghana. International Small Business Journal, 32(2), 117-139.
Amoatey, C. T., Ameyaw, Y. A., Adaku, E., & Famiyeh, S., (2015). Analysing delay causes and effects in Ghanaian state housing construction projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 8(1), 198 – 214.
Ayodele, E. O., & Alabi, O. M., (2011). Abandonment of Construction Projects in Nigeria: Causes and Effects. Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences, 2(2), 142-145.
Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., Gardiner, P., Williams, T., Mota, C., Maguire, S., Shou, Y., Stamati, T., & Marshall, A., (2014). Exploring the impact of cultural values on project performance. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 34(3), 364 – 389.
Chin, W. W. (1998). The partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling. Modern Methods for Business Research, 295(2), 295-336.
Damoah, I. S., (2015). An investigation into the causes and effects of project failure in government projects in develop-ing countries: Ghana as a case study. A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Project Management. Liverpool John Moores University.
Damoah, I. S. & Akwei, C. (2017). Government project failure in Ghana: a multidimensional approach. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 10(1), 32–59.
Damoah, I. S., Akwei, C., & Mouzughi, Y., (2015). Causes of government project failure in developing countries – Fo-cus on Ghana. In: The Value of Pluralism in Advancing Management Research, Education and Practice. 29th Annual BAM Conference 8-10 September 2015. University of Portsmouth.
Dzogbenuku, R. K., & Kumi, D. K. (2018). Exploring the key drivers of internet behaviour among the youth of emerging markets: The case of Ghana.” Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 67(8/9), 486-509. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-01-2018-0005
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Ferejohn, J. (1986). Incumbent Performance and Electoral Control. Public Choice, 50, 5-25.
Foddy, W. (1994). Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measure-ment error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(1), 39-50.
Frimpong, Y., Oluwoye, J., & Crawford, L. (2003). Causes of delay and cost overruns in construction of groundwater projects in developing countries; Ghana as a case study. International Journal of Project Management, 21(5), 321–326.
Fugar, F. D. K., & Agyakwah‐Baah, A. B. (2010). Delays in building construction projects in Ghana. Australasian Jour-nal of Construction Economics and Building, 10(1/2), 103-116.
Ghana Statistical Service, (2015).Provisional Gross Domestic Product 2013. Ghana Statistical Service, Accra-Ghana, September 2015.
Goldfinch, S., (2007). Pessimism, computer failure, and information systems development in the public sector. Public Administration Review, 67(5), 917-929.
Guest, G., Bunce, A., & Johnson, L., (2006). How Many Interviews are Enough? An Experiment With Data Saturation and Variability. Field Methods, 18(16), 59–82.
Hair, J. F. J., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (1998). Multivariate Data Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Hair, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2016). A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Harman, H. H., (1967). Modern Factor Analysis. (2nd ed). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Heeks, R. (2002). Failure, Success and Improvisation of Information System Projects in Developing Countries. Devel-opment Informatics Working Paper Series, No.11/2002. Manchester, UK: Institute for Development Policy and Management.
Henseler, J., Ringle, C. M. and Sarstedt, M., (2015). A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modelling. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 43(1), 115-135.
Hillman, A. J., Withers, M. C., & Collins, B. J., (2009). Resource dependence theory: A review. Journal of Management, 35, 1404-1427.
Hoe, Y. E., (2013). Causes of abandoned construction projects in Malaysia. A thesis submitted to the Department of Surveying, Faculty of Engineering and Science, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Construction Management. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Israel, G. D., (1992). Determining sample size. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences, EDIS.
Klutse, R. (2009). Felix Dela Klutse, Affordable housing units for Ghana. 12 March 2009, available at: https://www.modernghana.com/news/206139/1/affordable-housing-units-for-ghana.html. (Accessed 20 May 2018).
Killick, T. (2008). Development Economics in Action Second Edition: A Study of Economic Policies in Ghana. Routledge, UK.
Lemon, A. Y. (2005). Reputational concerns in political agency models. Yale University, 1112-1112.
Lings, I. N., & Gordon, E. G., (2010). Internal market orientation and market oriented behaviours. Journal of Service Management, 21(3), 321-343.
Mac-Barango, D. (2017). Construction Project Abandonment: An Appraisal of Causes, Effects and Remedies. World Journal of Innovation and Modern Technology, 1(1), 2504-4766.
Ministry of Ghana, (2018). Fiscal Data. Available at: https://www.mofep.gov.gh/fiscal-data/2018-jan-may. (Accessed 20 November 2018).
Narteh, B., Agbemabiese, G. C., Kodua, P. and Braimah, M., (2013). Relationship Marketing and Customer Loyalty: Ev-idence From the Ghanaian Luxury Hotel Industry. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 22, 407–436.
Ofori, G. (2012). Developing the Construction Industry in Ghana: The Case for a Central Agency” National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Olalusi, O., & Otunola, A., (2012). Abandonment of Projects in Nigeria – A review of causes and solution. paper pre-sented at the international conference on chemical, civil and environment engineering. (ICCEE 2012). Dubai.
Osei-Frimpong, K., (2017). Patient participatory behaviours in healthcare service delivery: self determination theory (SDT) perspective. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 27(2), 453-474.
Pan, G. S. C. (2005). Information systems project abandonment: a stakeholder analysis. International Journal of Project Management, 25(2), 173-184
Pan, G., & Pan, S. L. (2006). Examining the coalition dynamics affecting IS project abandonment decision-making. De-cision Support Systems, 42(2), 639-655.
Pero, M., Stößlein, M., & Cigolini, R., (2015). Linking product modularity to supply chain integration in the construc-tion and shipbuilding industries. International Journal of Production Economics, 170, 602–615.
Pfeffer, J., & Salancik, G. R. (1978). The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective. New York, NY, Harper and Row.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J. Y., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common method Biases in behavioral re-search: a critical review of the literature and recommended. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(5), 879-903.
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Ringle, C. M., Wende, S., and Becker, J.-M., (2015). SmartPLS 3. Boenningstedt: SmartPLS GmbH. Available at: http://www.smartpls.com. (Accessed 23 October 2017).
Ruuskaa, I., & Teigland, R., (2009). Ensuring project success through collective competence and creative conflict in public–private partnerships – A case study of Bygga Villa, a Swedish triple helix e-government initiative. Interna-tional Journal of Project Management, 27(4), 323–334.
Sambasivan, M., Soon, Y. W., (2007). Causes and effects of delays in Malaysian Construction Industry. International Journal of Project Management, 25(5), 517–526.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., &Thorntonhill, A., (2012). Research Methods for Business Students. 6th ed. Harlow, England.
Shehu, Z., Endut, I. R., Akintoye, A., & Holt, G. D. (2014). Cost overrun in the Malaysian construction industry pro-jects: A deeper insight. International Journal of Project Management, 32(8), 1471–1480.
Schriesheim, C. A., (1979). The similarity of individual directed and group directed leader behavior descriptions. Acad-emy of Management Journal, 22(2), 345-355.
Silverman, D. (2013). Doing Qualitative Research, 4th Ed. Sage Publication, London.
Sinesilassie, E. G., Tabish, S. Z. S., & Jha, K. N., (2017). Critical affecting cost performance: a case of Ethiopian public construction projects. International Journal of Construction Management, 17(1), 1-12.
Tabellini, G., (2000). Constitutional determinants of government spending. IGIER Working Paper No. 162, CESifo Working Paper No. 265
Tortosa, V., Moliner, M. A., & Sanchez, J., (2009). Internal market orientation and its influence on organisational per-formance. European Journal of Marketing, 43(11/12), 1435-1456.
Williams, J. (2016). The Political Economy of Unfinished Development Projects: corruption, clientelism, or collective choice?. Work in progress, http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/105341466186382250/Martin-Williams-UnfinishedDevelopment-Projects-160531.pdf). (Access 20 November 2018).
Woka, I. P., & Miebaka, B. A. (2014). An assessment of the causes and effects of abandonment of development projects on real property values in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences, 2(5), 25-36.
Youde, J. (2005). The development of a counter-epistemic community: AIDS, South Africa, and international regimes. International Relations, 19(4), 421-439.