In the present business landscape, innovative competence is considered as a salient component for the business success, notably in the developing engineering and construction companies. To assess the extent of innovativeness and adoption of new practices in engineering management in the construction industry. The research adopted a mixed research design in which the data was collected by two tools: questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The data was collected from 357 individuals who were employed in the construction companies operating in Jordan. Correlation analysis and regression analysis was used to analyze the data collected. Results revealed males made up 67.3% of the study sample and 33.3% were females. Responses showed that internal and external innovative work environment as well as strategic management practices significantly impact the innovative competence of the firm. It also revealed an insignificant impact of the stakeholders on engineering management in the construction sector. Organizations should develop an innovative strategy and identify that enhancing innovation demands both external and internal innovative environment.

在当前的商业环境中，创新能力被认为是业务成功的重要组成部分，特别是在发展中的工程和建筑公司中。评估建筑行业工程管理中的创新程度和采用新做法的程度。该研究采用了混合研究设计，其中的数据是通过两种工具收集的：问卷调查和半结构化访谈。该数据是从在约旦运营的建筑公司中受雇的357个人中收集的。相关分析和回归分析用于分析收集的数据。结果显示，男性占研究样本的67.3％，女性占33.3％。反馈显示，内部和外部的创新工作环境以及战略管理实践对公司的创新能力产生了重大影响。它还显示了利益相关者对建筑部门工程管理的微不足道的影响。组织应制定创新策略，并确定增强创新需要外部和内部创新环境。