McCaffer, R and Edum-Fotwe, F T (1999) Moving on from the crossroads: An agenda for research development in construction management. In: Hughes, W (ed.) Proceedings of 15th Annual ARCOM Conference, 15-17 September 1999, Liverpool, UK.
Abstract
Construction management is a relatively new subject area. Research development in construction management can be described as eclectic. The different themes that have dominated its research at various periods provide evidence of the progression in the development of the subject area. The paper presents a profile of such themes over the past four decades. It also identifies some of the current issues that the construction management community will have to confront in order to advance its research within the foreseeable future.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction management; industry; integration; multi-disciplinary; research |
| Index terms: | integration, evidence |
| Subjects: | evaluation and assessment methods, organizational analysis |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 CA |
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