How Digital Capability Enhancement Takes Place in Construction Project Teams: A Mixed-Methods Study Based on Dynamic Capabilities Theory

Abstract

This study investigates how the digital capabilities of engineering project teams form and evolve in the project context, alongside the key antecedent conditions driving this process. Grounded in dynamic capabilities and sociotechnical systems theories, a mixed-methods approach (process tracing and fsQCA) is employed. The research reveals a sensing–seizing–reconfiguring coevolutionary mechanism and identifies three equifinal configurational paths to high capability: social-dominated, technology-dominated, and sociotechnical-synergistic. By extending these theories into temporary organizations, the findings offer managers granular, context-specific strategies for agile resource orchestration and sociotechnical alignment.

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construction project teams digital capabilities dynamic capabilities theory process tracing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)mixed methods

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