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Cameron, I and Hare, B (2008) Planning tools for integrating health and safety in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 909.

Chiara, N and Garvin, M J (2008) Variance models for project financial risk analysis with applications to greenfield BOT highway projects. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 39.

Damnjanovic, I, Duthie, J and Waller, S T (2008) Valuation of strategic network flexibility in development of toll road projects. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 90.

Huang, Y-L (2008) The pricing of conditional performance guarantees with risky collateral. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 78.

Jaillon, L and Poon, C S (2008) Sustainable construction aspects of using prefabrication in dense urban environment: a Hong Kong case study. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 66.

Laryea, S and Hughes, W (2008) How contractors price risk in bids: theory and practice. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 24.

Li, H, Guo, H, Skibniewski, M J and Skitmore, M (2008) Using the IKEA model and virtual prototyping technology to improve construction process management. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 1000.

Styhre, A (2008) The role of social capital in knowledge sharing: the case of a specialist rock construction company. Construction Management and Economics, 26(09), 51.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: social capital; learning-by-doing; knowledge management
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190802259035
  • Abstract:
    In the discourse on knowledge management, the concept of social capital plays a key role as the mediator of individual know-how or 'human capital' (i.e. individual cognitive or embodied skills and know-how) and structural 'organizational capital', i.e. knowledge embedded in the routines and standard operating procedures of an organization. A study of a Swedish specialist rock construction company, ConCo, demonstrates how the social network acquired by individual site managers is mobilized when unanticipated events occur in day-to-day working life. Rather than using a written or mediated system of knowledge sharing (i.e. Intranets or databases), the site managers relied primarily on verbal communication with their peers. Whenever they encounter a problem, site managers talk to their colleagues or call experts outside the firm in order to get credible and useful advice on how to handle precarious situations. One of the implications of the study is that conceiving of knowledge not as an individual property but as a social accomplishment may enable more detailed understanding of how intellectual resources are used in the construction industry.