A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
One challenge in conducting research in a young discipline, such as construction management, is the need to justify each individual research design, because of the lack of a coherent and acknowledged theoretical base and methodological approach. This paper reviews the methodology debates in the construction management discipline. Contrary to the advocated methodological pluralism and diversified research background of Ph.D.s, much construction management research relies, in reaching conclusions, on original data, which is collected through methods that are not easy to replicate, such as interview and questionnaire. However, based on the discussion and knowledge circle model, this paper argues that different types of data should play different roles in generating knowledge, and thus the increasing popularity of soft-data based “theory”-building pattern should not monopolize the field.
One challenge in conducting research in a young discipline, such as construction management, is the need to justify each individual research design, because of the lack of a coherent and acknowledged theoretical base and methodological approach. This paper reviews the methodology debates in the construction management discipline. Contrary to the advocated methodological pluralism and diversified research background of Ph.D.s, much construction management research relies, in reaching conclusions, on original data, which is collected through methods that are not easy to replicate, such as interview and questionnaire. However, based on the discussion and knowledge circle model, this paper argues that different types of data should play different roles in generating knowledge, and thus the increasing popularity of soft-data based “theory”-building pattern should not monopolize the field.
Data Types and Knowledge Generation in Construction Management Research: A Criticism to Soft Data-Based “Theory”-Building Research
International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2017 ; 2017 ; Guangzhou, China
ICCREM 2017 ; 375-383
2017-11-09
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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