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Anderson, A, Dossick, C S and Osburn, L (2020) Curriculum to Prepare AEC Students for BIM-Enabled Globally Distributed Projects. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 16(04), 270–89.

Love, H B, Ozbek, M E and Cross, J E (2020) Assessment of the Development of Social and Learning Networks in Construction Management Courses Using Social Network Analysis. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 16(04), 290–310.

Rahmat, A, Che Ibrahim, C K I and Belayutham, S (2020) Exploring the Quantitative Measures for Multi-Organization Integration in Malaysian Construction Projects. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 16(04), 233–50.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Integration; organization; Delphi; quantitative; Malaysia;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1557-8771
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2019.1618422
  • Abstract:
    Construction literature in past decades has reflected a steadily increasing interest in the assessment of organizational integration practices. This interest has led to the development of a multi-organizational team integration performance index based on five weighted key determinants (KDs) for Malaysian construction projects as follows: commitment from top management; team leadership; focus on goals and objectives; communication; and trust and respect. In order to advance the index into a full working model, this paper aims to identify the appropriate leading and lagging quantitative measures (QMs) based on their importance, measurability, and obtainability to evaluate the five KDs. A two-fold research approach was adopted; first, structured face-to-face interviews with eight practitioners were conducted to identify the candidate QMs; followed by two rounds of a rating-type Delphi survey with 18 experts to rate the candidate QMs. The findings indicate that the recommended leading QMs were influenced by the output-oriented measures, while lagging QMs were framed within the scale-oriented measures, depending on the characteristic of the KDs. The establishment of these measures advance the existing index for a quantitative-based assessment of multi-organization performance. The present study adds to the construction literature by enhancing the learning of measuring organizational performance in the Malaysian context.

Turner, M and Simmons, D R (2020) Taking a Partnered Approach to Managing Academic Stress: An Undergraduate Study. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 16(04), 251–69.