Yin, H; Yin, Y L; Wang, D and Jiang, H J (2020) Bibliometrics and visualisation of research on trust in construction projects. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law, 174(2), pp. 69-83. ISSN 17514304
Abstract
The present study used scientific mapping analysis to describe the overall state of the literature on trust in construction projects (TC) and to gain a deeper understanding of its intellectual structure and research areas of interest. It focuses on 349 articles from 27 journals in the construction-management domain from the past 20 years. The influential journals, scholars and articles in the domain of TC were analysed. A qualitative follow-up discussion targets two main objectives: intellectual structure and research fronts. The TC intellectual structure involves topics such as relationships, project performance, contracts and behaviour, approached by way of multiple disciplinary fields, including 'transaction, management and accounting', which are supported primarily by organisational theory, organisational trust theory, trust theory and incomplete contract theory. Multi-case analysis and structural equation models are used widely as research tools. New key TC research areas include varying relationship characteristics, trust evolution, interpersonal trust and new problems in project governance.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contracting; project management |
| Index terms: | journal, organizational theory, visualization, accounting, bibliometrics, mapping, evolution, construction project, contract theory, governance, project management, structural equation model, project performance |
| Subjects: | spatial and geospatial analysis, production management, economic analysis, legal systems, environmental science, research dissemination and communication, research evaluation and metrics, statistical analysis, design practice, project management theory and practice, business |
| Topics: | Information Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Governance, Design Practice, Organizational Design, Project Management, Sustainability, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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