The Impact of Pak and China Cultural on Project Performance in CPEC with the Moderating role of Managerial Application: A Case Study from Pakistan

Abstract

In this research, the impact of infrastructure improvement as a result of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative on the well-being and quality of life (QOL) of residents has been studied. Project Managers have multidimensional responsibilities that ominously have impact of the performance of the Project. This study has been conducted to judge the impact of Cultural differences on the Performance of project especially in Pakistan and Chinese contexts through moderating role of Managerial actions. The data were collected from 103 respondents, who are employees of Multinational Telecom Vendors/operators. This study provides a new thought to researchers to further explore the impact of Pakistani and Chinese Cultural differences on Project performance. Furthermore, the results also give the local community perceptions of the CPEC initiative; hence the officials of the province can use the findings of this study to create prospective approaches based on the local community perceptions toward better exploitation of CPEC as an opportunity.