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Al-Shammaa, M M J (2019) Improving risk management in megaprojects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Alkhorayef, A N M (2014) Improving decision making on large scale investment projects: A psychological perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Alnsour, M A M (2020) Integrating sustainability assessment into public works development in Jordan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Anumba, C J (1989) An integrated two and three dimensional data structure for a structural engineering CAD system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Barnes, G R (2016) Market creation in the European Union: the case of the public procurement directives, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds.
Birchall, S J (2011) An appraisal of the performance of a 'green' office building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Dakas, A I I (2014) Management of project stakeholders: facilitating project success in public sector projects in Nigeria , Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Davis, M C (2011) Psychological and organisational issues in the design of buildings and workplaces, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
El-Samadony, A A E-Y (1986) Development of an improved construction bidding model incorporating multiple objective functions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Elmahroug, M H M (2018) Facilitating effective external stakeholder involvement in the pre-design phase of civil engineering infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Ghazali, F E M (2007) A reenginered model for effective risk management in pre-contractual procurement process for NHS PFI hospitals, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Giesekam, J J (2016) The contribution to UK climate mitigation targets from reducing embodied carbon in the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds.
Gkiourka, P (2011) Managing innovation in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Grady, K (1980) The provision of public buildings in the West Riding of Yorkshire, c.1600-1840, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Economic Studies, University of Leeds.
Hagan, G N (2013) Managing complex construction projects in it multiproject environment by the contractor, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Hakim, H (2011) Effective contract structures and value for money in PFI social housing projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.
Harun, Z B (1993) Computer simulation in decision support systems for management of construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Heineck, L F (1983) On the analyses of activity durations on three house building sites, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Invernizzi, D C (2019) Benchmarking nuclear decommissioning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Kašpar, H M P (2022) Robert Adam and networks for building in eighteenth-century Britain, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Kerr, N J (2018) The rationale for retrofit: A multi-level, interdisciplinary perspective on the energy efficient retrofit of existing residential buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Kibwami, N (2016) Enhancing sustainable construction in the building sector of Uganda using embodied carbon accounting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Li, D (2012) Development of a framework of competitive advantage in non-state construction contractors in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.
Li, Q (2012) Inter-organizational relationships in the programme management lifecycle, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.
Liang, S (2013) Legal aspects of privately financed infrastructure projects (PFIPs) in China: the case for international standards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.
Lu, L-T (2003) The impact of cultural distance on the management style and performance of Japanese and Taiwanese joint ventures with local partners in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.
Luise Valencia Gluyas, J (2004) Public-private participation in water infrastructure in Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Mlybari, E A A (2011) Managing value, requirements and risk in the appraisal stage of UK construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Nguyen, Q T (2009) Developing a strategic model for small-and-medium-sized construction firms in Vietnam, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Oliomogbe, G O (2017) The investigation of the generation of intangible benefits through project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Riley, F G (2018) Information behaviour in construction project management teams: contradictions, motivations and influencing factors, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: case study; collaboration; cultural historical activity theory; complex projects; critical realism; information behaviour; public sector; repertory grid; UK
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- URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20752/
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This research seeks to understand how teams involved in large complex construction projects share and use information. The context of the research is project team information behaviour within early stage UK local government projects. Project tasks are commonly undertaken in a collaborative manner, modified by situational factors which give rise to informational activities which are recognised as information behaviour. However, there is limited research on collaborative information behaviour, especially focussed on activity in the complex and politically driven environment found within local government. Furthermore, information behaviour at the concept stage may be strategic as it will help to determine major decisions that may have considerable implications (e.g. financial or political), it has long term consequences and it affects the information behaviour of others through the leveraging of power and influence. Cultural historical activity theory, underpinned by critical realism and supported by repertory grid technique and constant comparative method, is used to interpret data from two local authority case studies to address the following questions: ‘What is the information behaviour of project teams involved in local government construction projects at concept stage?’ and ‘What contradictions and congruencies influence the intervening variables that shape information behaviour within the project teams of local government construction projects?’ Contradictions within the project activity system, in particular between the socio-political and the technical domains, cause dysfunctionality. Established project information structures cannot readily cope with this dysfunctionality and, as a result, information behaviour, hidden and overt, creates new structures and shapes micro-political activity not anticipated by project method. As such, the research uncovered significant tensions within the teams’ work activity which caused ambiguity, leading to the creation of ‘information spheres’, where information can be exchanged and nurtured - sheltered from political interventions and to project teams which are invisible to the project board. Where these tensions are not present, information exchange is enabled by value alignment and trust leading to big rooms and extended project teams, where authority is distributed to enable improvements to information exchange. The research also posits a model of project team information behaviour and seeks to make modest contributions to both the information behaviour and project management canon.
Sainati, T (2018) Governance of infrastructure megaprojects : The role of the special purpose entities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Seboni, L (2016) Improving the existing project manager-to-project practice of a specific organization (organization A) in Botswana, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Soliman, M M A E I (2014) Risk management in international construction joint ventures in Egypt, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Spiteri, J (1998) A critical analysis of occupational and organisational strategy in UK: architectural and quantity surveying practices, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.
Tan, Y (2006) A case-based reasoning approach to improve risk identification in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
Valencia Gluyas, J L (2004) Public- private participation in water infrastructure in Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds (United Kingdom).
Wasiluk, K L (2012) Sustainable wealth creation in practice: a framework to manage firm's intangibles, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds.
Wheat, P E (2013) Econometric cost analysis in vertically separated railways, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
Woodhead, R M (1999) The influence of paradigms and perspectives on the decision to build undertaken by large experienced clients of the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.