Joint ventures (JVs) have become increasingly common, because of the complexity and challenges associated with the delivery of construction projects globally and in South Africa. However, it has been established that JV projects have experienced unsatisfactory performance leading to clients’ dissatisfaction. The purpose of this paper is therefore to determine the critical success factors (CSFs) influencing the performance of JV construction projects in South Africa. A positivist philosophy position was adopted using a structured questionnaire survey administered to the construction professionals. Prior to the main study, a content validity of the questionnaire was achieved using a pilot study. The data was collected from 115 conveniently sampled respondents, and analysed using principal component analysis and multiple regression analysis. The exploratory factor analysis revealed two empirical models to be tested; namely the first and second order factor models. The result of the first order model revealed that, management control influenced achievement of project objective of JV, whereas, the second order model established that understanding of contractual agreement, which was explained by six components of CSFs influenced achievement of project objective. It is suggested that stakeholders who prefer to be involved in JV projects should acquire good understanding of the contractual agreement in managing JV projects in order to successfully achieve the project objectives. This study adds to the discourse and literature on CSFs of JVs. It provides new empirical evidence of the CSFs that influence project performance outcome of JV in the context of South Africa which can also be replicated in other countries globally. However, the study may not be generalised because of the geographical setting and respondents.

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影响南非合资建设项目绩效的关键成功因素：一阶和二阶模型的比较

由于在全球和南非交付建筑项目带来的复杂性和挑战，合资企业（JV）变得越来越普遍。然而，已经确定的是，合资项目的表现不令人满意，从而导致客户不满意。因此，本文的目的是确定影响南非合资建设项目绩效的关键成功因素（CSF）。使用对建筑专业人员进行的结构化问卷调查，采用了实证主义的哲学立场。在进行主要研究之前，使用一项试点研究实现了问卷的内容有效性。数据收集自115位方便抽样的受访者，并使用主成分分析和多元回归分析进行了分析。探索性因素分析显示了两个需要测试的经验模型；即一阶和二阶因子模型。一阶模型的结果表明，管理控制影响了合资企业项目目标的实现，而二阶模型则建立了对合同协议的理解，这是由公务员制度的六个组成部分来解释的。建议希望参与合资项目的利益相关者在管理合资项目时应充分了解合同协议，以便成功实现项目目标。这项研究增加了关于合资企业CSF的论述和文献。它为CSF影响南非合资企业的项目绩效结果提供了新的经验证据，也可以在全球其他国家复制。但是，由于地理环境和受访者的缘故，该研究可能无法推广。