Li, H; Cheng, E W L and Love, P E D (2000) Partnering research in construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(1), pp. 76-92. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Since the emergence of partnering in the construction industry in the late 1980s, it has received a great deal of attention from practitioners and researchers. The published research that is presented in the major journals typically advocates guidelines and models for implementing partnering. To date, however, no paper has attempted to summarize and present a critique of the existing partnering literature. This paper, therefore, reviews the partnering literature that has been published in four high quality rating journals, these being Construction Management and Economics. ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management and ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering. It is concluded that there were four major themes of empirical studies, which were research on project partnering, examining a dual relationship, international partnering and a special application of partnering. Moreover, nonempirical studies were classified as the types of partnering, partnering models, partnering processes and partnering structure. The review provided in this paper polishes the signposts' and offers new directions for partnering research and its application in construction. Future studies are recommended to emphasize on the identification of performance measures and critical success factors, development and test of partnering models and processes, and the formation and selection of partnering strategy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | alliance; construction; integration; partnering; partnership; project management |
| Index terms: | partnering, critique, partnership, construction engineering, empirical study, future study, project management, construction industry, journal, architectural management, strategy, performance measure, practitioner, integration, emergence, critical success factor |
| Subjects: | systems engineering, industry analysis, organizational analysis, partnership management, project management theory and practice, practice management, research methods, engineering methods, management, performance measurement, practitioner, control systems, research design and methodology, research dissemination and communication, evaluation and assessment methods |
| Topics: | Quality Management, Design Practice, Organizational Design, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Project Management, Business Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions |
| 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