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Al-Mhdawi, M K S, Brito, M, Onggo, B S, Qazi, A, O'Connor, A and Namian, M (2023) Construction risk management in Iraq during the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges to implementation and efficacy of practices. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Alankarage, S, Chileshe, N, Samaraweera, A, Rameezdeen, R and Edwards, D J (2023) Guidelines for using a case study approach in construction culture research: Application to BIM-enabled organizations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: case study; culture; qualitative methods
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: http://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-13569
- Abstract:
This article seeks to improve the understanding of applying case studies in qualitative research in construction culture. Being a soft and method-complex research strategy, the case study approach is challenging to implement in practice. This issue is exacerbated when the case study approach is incorporated with the inherited complexity of the construction culture. Thus, when studying construction culture through a case study approach, it is critical to establish concise guidelines that can be referred to and followed. The proposed methodology is described in detail, from conceptualizing the research problem to reporting the findings, and is illustrated with an example application to a building information modeling (BIM)-enabled construction organization. The ensuing discourse elucidates upon how the philosophical and methodological issues can be addressed by systematically designing the case study to secure optimal research outcomes. From the study, it was found that beyond the scope of typical case studies, a cultural case study must establish its cultural philosophical position, whether it sees culture as a variable or a root metaphor. Given the necessity of indirect questioning in culture research, the data collection protocols should be developed to allow for a more in-depth exploration of the core construction culture. Consequently, questions about difficult and critical situations are essential for eliciting appropriate responses from interviewees and making the process more effective. Furthermore, asking interviewees for examples to back up their answers adds justifications and credibility to their responses. The paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge by proposing a systematic approach to identify hidden cultural beliefs, and by demonstrating the process of developing coding levels using NVivo software. The proposed methodology can be applied to other cultural domains such as safety and lean and can help organizations to identify the underlying cultural beliefs that may impact their performance and develop targeted interventions. The guidelines help novice researchers identify critical steps in designing qualitative case studies in cultural research, and future research could deductively and quantitatively test the theories developed in this paper to confirm validity.
Alikhani, H, Le, C, Jeong, H D and Damnjanovic, I (2023) Sequential machine learning for activity sequence prediction from daily work report data. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Cuciniello, G, Inzerillo, G, Corazziari, L, Ciampini, A, Degni, R, Torresi, M and Leandri, P (2023) Modeling the tire-pavement noise as a regression function of speed, mixture properties, and age of the layer. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Deng, J, Zhao, Y, Li, X, Wang, Y and Zhou, Y (2023) Network embeddedness, relationship norms, and cooperative behavior: Analysis based on evolution of construction project network. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Dhanshyam, M and Srivastava, S K (2023) Decision framework for efficient risk mitigation in BOT highway infrastructure service projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Hochscheid, E, Falardeau, M, Lapalme, J, Boton, C and Rivest, L (2023) Practitioners' concerns about their liability toward BIM collaborative digital mockups: Case study in civil engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Jiang, F, Lyu, Y, Zhang, Y and Guo, Y (2023) Research on the differences between risk-factor attention and risk losses in PPP projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Kong, Z, Ma, H, Lv, K and Shi, J J (2023) Liability of foreignness in public-private partnership projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Lei, Z, Sadiq Altaf, M, Cheng, Z, Liu, H and Tang, S (2023) Measurement of information loss and transfer impacts of technology systems in offsite construction processes. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Li, J, Yang, M, Liu, C, Li, A and Guo, B (2023) Listen to the companies: Exploring BIM job competency requirements by text mining of recruitment information in China. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Liang, R, Li, R and Chong, H Y (2023) Decision-making model for evaluating joint venture contractors in construction of complex infrastructure megaprojects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Ma, H, Cao, S, Wang, Y and Zhang, H (2023) The moderating effect of optimism bias on ambivalence of workers' unsafe behaviors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Ma, J, Li, H, Yu, X, Fang, X, Fang, B, Zhao, Z, Huang, X, Anwer, S and Xing, X (2023) Sweat analysis-based fatigue monitoring during construction rebar bending tasks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Montalbán-Domingo, L, Torres-Machi, C, Sanz-Benlloch, A, Pellicer, E and Molenaar, K R (2023) Green public procurement in civil infrastructure construction: Current performance and main project characteristics. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Mostofi, F, Tokdemir, O B and Toǧan, V (2023) Comprehensive root cause analysis of construction defects using semisupervised graph representation learning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Patil, K R, Bhandari, S, Agrawal, A, Ayer, S K, Perry, L A and Hallowell, M R (2023) Analysis of youtube comments to inform the design of virtual reality training simulations to target emotional arousal. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Prieto, A J and Alarcón, L F (2023) Using fuzzy inference systems for lean management strategies in construction project delivery. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Pu, H, Fan, X, Li, W, Zhang, W, Schonfeld, P, Wei, F and Xu, Z (2023) Realizing a quick partial BIM update of subgrade in railway stations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Qin, Y and Bulbul, T (2023) An EEG-based mental workload evaluation for ar head-mounted display use in construction assembly tasks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Ranasinghe, U, Jefferies, M, Davis, P and Pillay, M (2023) Enabling a resilient work environment: An analysis of causal relationships between resilience engineering factors in construction refurbishment projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Ren, X, Li, Y and Guo, M (2023) Dynamically identifying and evaluating key barriers to promoting prefabricated buildings: Text mining approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Xiang, Z, Rashidi, A and Ou, G (2023) Integrating inverse photogrammetry and a deep learning-based point cloud segmentation approach for automated generation of BIM models. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).
Zhou, X and Liao, P C (2023) Weighing votes in human-machine collaboration for hazard recognition: Inferring a hazard-based perceptual threshold and decision confidence from electroencephalogram wavelets. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(09).