HOLISTICALLY ASSESSING COLLABORATIVE CULTURE IN THE AEC INDUSTRY

Sujan, Sujesh Francis ORCID: 0000-0002-3063-1087, Jones, Steve Wynford ORCID: 0000-0002-8977-8403, Kiviniemi, Arto ORCID: 0000-0001-6570-0188, Wheatcroft, Jacqueline Mary and Mwiya, Bwalimu (2020) HOLISTICALLY ASSESSING COLLABORATIVE CULTURE IN THE AEC INDUSTRY. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION, 25. pp. 272-286.

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Abstract

<jats:p>The insufficient understanding and literature on people collaborating in the Architectural-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry has prompted researchers to investigate this by conducting project-to-project comparisons. A mixed method-based comparison of two construction projects’ design teams was made in order to present factors to be considered in fostering a positive collaborative culture. Client knowledge and involvement, existing relationships between teams, stronger informal collaboration, a decentralised leadership style and the adequate monetary motivation to a firm were found to be most critical. The study also assessed whether the use of holistic analysis methods can quantitatively show the differences between the projects; in particular, which project had a more positive collaborative culture. The perception based method used correlated the variance of perception of the teamwork environment and systemic risk to the projects with a more positive collaborative culture; 80% of constructs (some postulated attribute of people assumed, to reflect in test performance) supported the qualitative data. Additionally, assessments of the personalities of respondents from the project with a more collaborative culture also showed higher collective agreeableness. Findings suggest that projects with more changes, more assumptions made and uncertainty in requirements affect the collaborative culture negatively.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	collaboration, construction industry, social science, personality, holistic analysis, human factor
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2020 10:31
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:54
DOI:	10.36680/j.itcon.2020.016
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3083400