Chen, K; Loo, S C and Alias, A (2024) A bibliometric review of maturity model studies in the construction industry. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 29(2), pp. 129-145. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
Maturity models have become one of the most used organisational maturity assessment tools in the construction industry. However, bibliometric and visual analysis for this field is still scarce. This study used CiteSpace to analyse 278 articles on maturity models employed in the construction industry from 2000 to 2022 in the Web of Science (WoS) core database. The categories in the WoS database divided the filtered articles into eight categories, which could be roughly divided into three fields: (1) Construction and Engineering, (2) Green Sustainability and Environment, and (3) Integrated Management. The keyword co-occurrence analysis based on frequency, centrality and burst strength revealed that “Building information modelling (BIM)”, “System” and “Impact” were relatively significant terms. This finding indicated that maturity models are a systematic assessment tool often used in the BIM domain. The analysis of the evolution of keywords also revealed that maturity-related research could be divided into five stages and that the application of maturity models at each stage focused on different areas within the construction industry. The analyses of the current review direct future research to focus more on the integration of green sustainability with other topics, explore new technologies, investigate the applicability of maturity theories and validation studies and conduct more action-oriented guided research. The results of this study guide researchers to utilise maturity models in the effort to systematically understand current research efforts and future trends of the tool in the construction industry, as well as provide references for managers of building construction companies and government personnel who develop policies for the construction industry.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometric review; building information modelling; citespace; construction maturity; maturity model |
| Index terms: | manager, personnel, science, building construction, validation, integration, evolution, maturity model, new technology, building information modelling, database, construction industry |
| Subjects: | organizational analysis, data management, building construction, industry analysis, information systems, management, professional development, evaluation, innovation and technology management, environmental science, specialized education, practitioner |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Information Management, Engineering Principles, Education, Organizational Design, Human Resources, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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