Zhao, X (2024) Construction risk management research: Intellectual structure and emerging themes. International Journal of Construction Management, 24(5), pp. 540-550. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
This study aims to undertake a holistic review of global construction risk management (CRM) research published between 2000 and 2021 and identify the intellectual structure and emerging themes of the CRM research. A total of 2034 primary documents and 68727 secondary documents were collected from Web of Science core collection database. Document co-citation and bibliographic coupling techniques were adopted with qualitative discussion to show the intellectual structure of the CRM knowledge domain and emerging themes. The CRM knowledge domain consists of the key themes relating to CRM steps, RM in construction projects with specified characteristics, RM in international construction and management of particular risk categories. In addition, the emerging themes include advanced risk analysis techniques, information and communication technology-driven CRM, integration of CRM into other management functions, as well as human factors in CRM. This review study is more inclusive than any prior reviews on CRM and provides an in-depth understanding of the CRM research and benefits industry practitioners and researchers.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometric analysis; review; risk management |
| Index terms: | global construction, integration, international construction, database, coupling, science, human factor, documents, risk analysis, practitioner, construction project, risk management, bibliometric analysis, information and communication technology |
| Subjects: | specialized education, environmental hazards, practitioner, risk assessment, data management, systems engineering, professional development, organizational analysis, strategic management, production management, computing systems, research evaluation and metrics, occupational health and safety management |
| Topics: | International Construction, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Education, Digital Applications, Organizational Design, Health and Safety, Roles and Professions, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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