Research Article
Investigating the Causal Relationships between Project Complexities and Project Cost: An Empirical Study from New Zealand
Table 2
Hypothetical relationship of the study.
| | Latent constructs | Code | Hypothetical relationship |
| | External environment complexity | EEC | EEC ⟶ PC; EEC ⟶ TCL ⟶ PC; EEC ⟶ OCL ⟶ PC;
EEC ⟶ MCL ⟶ PC; EEC ⟶ LCL ⟶ PC | | Legal complexity | LCL | LCL ⟶ PC; LCL ⟶ TCL ⟶ PC; LCL ⟶ OCL ⟶ PC | | Market complexity | MCL | MCL ⟶ PC; MCL ⟶ TCL ⟶ PC; MCL ⟶ OCL ⟶ PC | | Organization complexity | OCL | OCL ⟶ PC | | Task complexity | TCL | TCL ⟶ PC | | Project cost | PC | Goal of the model |
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