Abstracts – Browse Results
Click on the titles below to expand the information about each abstract.
Viewing 13 results ...
Addis, M (2016) Tacit and explicit knowledge in construction management. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 439-45.
Chan, P W (2016) Expert knowledge in the making: Using a processual lens to examine expertise in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 471-83.
Gacasan, E M P, Wiggins, M W and Searle, B J (2016) The role of cues in expert project manager sensemaking. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 492-16.
Gluch, P and Bosch-Sijtsema, P (2016) Conceptualizing environmental expertise through the lens of institutional work. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 522-14.
Ingirige, B (2016) Theorizing construction industry practice within a disaster risk reduction setting: Is it a panacea or an illusion?. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 592-607.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction industry practice; theorizing; construction industry; construction education; disaster resilience; risk
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2016.1200735
- Abstract:
Construction industry practice is strongly influenced by the culture surrounding its operations and, with the prevailing emphasis on achieving efficiency, there is a strong focus on outcome metrics such as profitability and employee productivity. With the recent increases in natural hazard events worldwide, and the likelihood that this will worsen still further with anticipated climate changes, the industry is increasingly contributing to building resilience within disaster-affected communities. Existing industry expertise, its educational approaches and the related theoretical frameworks, however, all require adjustment if these changing needs are to be fully addressed. Most importantly, an agenda shift is required from the philosophical side and a more pragmatic approach is needed if community resilience goals and objectives are to be met, rather than the narrower focus of the current metrics-driven management system. A synthesis of the current literature is therefore presented, along with relevant case histories illustrating how such an agenda shift within a disaster management context may influence the development of appropriate theory, as well as impacting upon grass-roots educational requirements. The research concludes by discussing how the 'mainstreaming' of disaster management within construction industry practice could drive forward developments in theorizing expertise and educational provisions across the constituent disciplines.; Construction industry practice is strongly influenced by the culture surrounding its operations and, with the prevailing emphasis on achieving efficiency, there is a strong focus on outcome metrics such as profitability and employee productivity. With the recent increases in natural hazard events worldwide, and the likelihood that this will worsen still further with anticipated climate changes, the industry is increasingly contributing to building resilience within disaster-affected communities. Existing industry expertise, its educational approaches and the related theoretical frameworks, however, all require adjustment if these changing needs are to be fully addressed. Most importantly, an agenda shift is required from the philosophical side and a more pragmatic approach is needed if community resilience goals and objectives are to be met, rather than the narrower focus of the current metrics-driven management system. A synthesis of the current literature is therefore presented, along with relevant case histories illustrating how such an agenda shift within a disaster management context may influence the development of appropriate theory, as well as impacting upon grass-roots educational requirements. The research concludes by discussing how the 'mainstreaming' of disaster management within construction industry practice could drive forward developments in theorizing expertise and educational provisions across the constituent disciplines.;
Kanjanabootra, S and Corbitt, B (2016) Reproducing knowledge in construction expertise: A reflexive theory, critical approach. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 561-77.
Kokkonen, A and Alin, P (2016) Practitioners deconstructing and reconstructing practices when responding to the implementation of BIM. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 578-91.
Mogendorff, K (2016) The building or enactment of expertise in context: What the performative turn in the social sciences may add to expertise research in construction management. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 484-91.
Newton, S (2016) The being of construction management expertise. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 458-70.
Raiden, A (2016) Horseplay, care and hands on hard work: Gendered strategies of a project manager on a construction site. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 508-21.
Sage, D J (2016) Rethinking construction expertise with posthumanism. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 446-57.
Scott, L M (2016) Theory and research in construction education: The case for pragmatism. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 552-60.
Voordijk, H and Adriaanse, A (2016) Engaged scholarship in construction management research: The adoption of information and communications technology in construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 34(07), 536-51.