Individual, Group, and Organizational Factors Affecting Group Bidding Decisions for Construction Projects

Table 3

Ranking of the factors.

Number	Factors	Mean value	Rank	Normalization^a
1	Risk perception	4.145	1	1.00
2	Risk preference	3.828	4	0.76
3	Personal interest	2.981	19	0.13
4	Number of group members	3.577	11	0.58
5	Majority influence	3.803	5	0.74
6	Taking expertise into account	3.114	17	0.23
7	Communication	3.792	7	0.74
8	Team decision preference	4.038	2	0.92
9	Organizational learning	2.807	20	0.00
10	Customer focus	3.532	13	0.54
11	Creating change	3.097	18	0.22
12	Core values	3.761	9	0.71
13	Agreement	3.801	6	0.74
14	Coordination and integration	3.254	16	0.33
15	Vision	3.434	15	0.47
16	Goals and objectives	3.512	14	0.53
17	Strategic direction and intent.	3.725	10	0.69
18	Empowerment	3.899	3	0.82
19	Team orientation	3.787	8	0.73
20	Capability development	3.561	12	0.56

^aNormalized value = (mean − minimum mean)/(maximum mean − minimum mean).