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Time for a real shift to relations: appraisal of Social Network Analysis applications in the UK construction industry
Construction Economics and Building
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Time for a real shift to relations: appraisal of Social Network Analysis applications in the UK construction industry
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Ruan, Ximing
Ochieng, Edward Godfrey Price, Andrew David Freeman Egbu, Charles |
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Construction project management
Social network analysis; Project organisations; Integration, Knowledge integration; Construction industry Social networking |
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| Description |
The Social Network Analysis (SNA) has been adopted in the UK construction management research and generated meaningful insights in analysing project management organisations from network perspectives. As an effective tool, social network analysis has been used to analyse information and knowledge flow between construction project teams which is considered as foundation for collaborative working and subsequently improving overall performance. Social network analysis is based on an assumption of the importance of relationships among interacting units. The social network perspective encompasses theories, models and applications that are expressed in terms of relational concepts or processes. Many believe, moreover, that the success or failure of organisations often depends on the patterning of their internal structure. This paper reviewed existing literatures on SNA applications in construction industry from three leading construction management journals. From the review, the research proposed some advance in the application of SNA in the construction industry.
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UTS ePRESS
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n/a
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2013-03-04
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed invited commentry Documentation review |
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application/pdf
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http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3174
10.5130/AJCEB.v13i1.3174 |
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Construction Economics and Building; Vol 13, No 1 (2013): AJCEB; 92-105
2204-9029 |
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eng
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http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3174/3411
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| Coverage |
UK
— Three main journals in construction |
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2013 Ximing Ruan, Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Andrew David Freeman Price, Charles Egbu
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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