Deep, S; Gajendran, T and Jefferies, M (2021) A systematic review of 'enablers of collaboration' among the participants in construction projects. International Journal of Construction Management, 21(9), pp. 919-931. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
The recent advancements in the project execution thinking and the growing levels of large capital-intensive investment projects in construction have led to increased attention to the 'collaboration'. Loss or lack of collaboration between project partners is seen as the most significant professional and project execution in the construction industry. This study aims to identify the enablers, i.e. governing factors of collaboration. This study applies a systematic review methodology to explore the literature and achieve the objectives. In the process of this systematic literature review, a total of 800 articles were identified in the construction domain, out of which 110 articles were found to be relevant for this study. The 'citation analysis' was performed on the articles identified by 'content analysis' as relevant to this study, which focused on the issue of the construction industry and issues of subcontractors. The findings identified that trust, commitment and reliability are the enablers of collaboration in construction projects. Providing due attention to the enablers of collaboration, i.e. 'trust, commitment and reliability' in the context of the project execution decisions, can facilitate collaboration and thus enhancing project productivity.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | collaboration; commitment; construction projects; reliability; subcontractors; trust |
| Index terms: | construction industry, project partner, systematic literature review, commitment, construction project, content analysis, collaboration, methodology, subcontractor, productivity |
| Subjects: | practitioner, management, research methods, sociology, data analysis and analytics, production management, research evaluation and metrics, psychology, industry analysis |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Organizational Design, Project Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here