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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.

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.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: information and communications technology; action research; information technology; communications technology; construction industry
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2016.1139145
  • Abstract:
      The objective is to explore what engaged scholarship (ES) could mean for construction management research in facilitating interactions between practice and theory. ES aims to develop knowledge that advances both science and practice through engagement of scholars with practice. Three types of ES are discussed: practice research, design research and action research. These three kinds of ES are explained through their different knowledge-action relations: action theories or 'knowledge about action', design research or 'knowledge for action', and action research or 'knowledge through action'. The relevance of these three types of ES in facilitating interactions between practice and theory is clarified through elaborating on a research programme on the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in construction projects. First, based on grounded theory, a model is developed to understand and explain why individuals and organizations are (not) using ICT in the intended way. Second, based on this model and expert interviews, solutions are designed to potential barriers to the successful use of ICT in construction projects. Third, interventions in construction projects based on these solutions are presented. It is argued that the different kinds of ES presuppose each other and are all needed to facilitate interactions between practice and theory in construction management research.;The objective is to explore what engaged scholarship (ES) could mean for construction management research in facilitating interactions between practice and theory. ES aims to develop knowledge that advances both science and practice through engagement of scholars with practice. Three types of ES are discussed: practice research, design research and action research. These three kinds of ES are explained through their different knowledge-action relations: action theories or ‘knowledge about action’, design research or ‘knowledge for action’, and action research or ‘knowledge through action’. The relevance of these three types of ES in facilitating interactions between practice and theory is clarified through elaborating on a research programme on the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in construction projects. First, based on grounded theory, a model is developed to understand and explain why individuals and organizations are (not) using ICT in the intended way. Second, based on this model and expert interviews, solutions are designed to potential barriers to the successful use of ICT in construction projects. Third, interventions in construction projects based on these solutions are presented. It is argued that the different kinds of ES presuppose each other and are all needed to facilitate interactions between practice and theory in construction management research.;The objective is to explore what engaged scholarship (ES) could mean for construction management research in facilitating interactions between practice and theory. ES aims to develop knowledge that advances both science and practice through engagement of scholars with practice. Three types of ES are discussed: practice research, design research and action research. These three kinds of ES are explained through their different knowledge-action relations: action theories or 'knowledge about action', design research or 'knowledge for action', and action research or 'knowledge through action'. The relevance of these three types of ES in facilitating interactions between practice and theory is clarified through elaborating on a research programme on the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in construction projects. First, based on grounded theory, a model is developed to understand and explain why individuals and organizations are (not) using ICT in the intended way. Second, based on this model and expert interviews, solutions are designed to potential barriers to the successful use of ICT in construction projects. Third, interventions in construction projects based on these solutions are presented. It is ar ued that the different kinds of ES presuppose each other and are all needed to facilitate interactions between practice and theory in construction management research.;