Research Agenda for Construction Management

Edited by Roine Leiringer, Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong and Andy Dainty, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

‘Einstein asserted that “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them”. That insight encapsulates the essence of this book. The array of eminent authors address fundamental topics of research – both ‘technical’ and methodological. An essential volume for all who research Construction Management.’

• Contents:1 Construction management research: a communityat a crossroads? 1Roine Leiringer and Andrew Dainty2 Construction economics – it ain’t what it used to be 21Stephen Gruneberg3 What are we trying to achieve? Rigour, relevanceand modes of knowledge production inconstruction management research 45Mike Bresnen4 Theory and the contribution of qualitativeresearch to construction management research 67Libby Schweber and Vivien Chow5 Understanding construction sector policy throughnarrative analysis: a critical perspective 93Stuart D. Green and Dilek Ulutas Duman6 Beyond the boundary and scale of theconstruction project 117Paul W. Chan7 Cognition and action in construction project organising 141Eunice Maytorena-Sanchez, Natalya Sergeevaand Graham M. Winch8 Construction safety management: the case fora new approach to research-informed change 171Steve Rowlinson9 A research agenda for construction managementin the 4.0 era 193Evangelos Pantazis, Eyüphan Koç and Lucio Soibelman10 Fast and frugal research: the pervasive use ofquestionnaires in construction management research 221Dominic D. Ahiaga-Dagbui and Igor Martek11 Making sense of ‘new age data sets’: researchingfrom afar 243Johan Ninan, Mathangi Krishnamurthy andAshwin Mahalingam12 Does construction need management? The casefor alternative construction organization 265Dan SageIndex