Methodological strategies to gain insights into informality and emergence in construction project case studies

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 935-948

  Barrett, Peter ^a   Sutrisna, Monty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Cognitive mapping; Construction projects; Emergence; Grounded theory methodology; Informality; Rich picture diagrams

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY APPROACH; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; COGNITIVE MAPPING; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA CAPTURE; GAIN INSIGHT; GROUNDED THEORY; LIFE EVENTS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE METHODS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; RICH PICTURE; SHARED VISION;

COMPLEXATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MAPPING; RESEARCH;

DATA HANDLING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 77449111054     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903273943     Document Type: Article

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