TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder relationships in off-site construction
T2 - a systematic literature review
AU - Nguyen, Bao Ngoc
AU - London, Kerry
AU - Zhang, Peng
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council under the ARC Discovery scheme DP180101178. The authors also thank the Editor and anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions and comments, which led to the improved manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/11/22
Y1 - 2022/11/22
N2 - Purpose: This paper aims to report a comprehensive analysis of literature on stakeholder relationships towards identifying patterns of relationships within the off-site construction context. Design/methodology/approach: Key scholarly databases were accessed and after a filtering process, 74 relevant papers were retrieved for analysis. The papers were analysed using qualitative content analysis and scientometric techniques through the application of software Leximancer and VOSviewer. Findings: Research synthesis methods used in the present study generate compatible results. Through text mining analysis, the key themes identified in the off-site construction stakeholder relationships literature included “collaboration”, “building information modelling”, “social network analysis”, supply chain. As a finding by scientometric analysis, collaboration, BIM, supply chain management, housing and social network analysis were the most frequently entered keywords context of off-site construction. Regarding authorship pattern, the whole network of collaboration was fragmented into multiple isolated clusters, implying that the authors had tendency to cooperate in small groups. Practical implications: The paper can bring together an important area of research not previously studied in detail. It will primarily assist academics in the first instance; however, the research leads to important findings that will ultimately assist policymakers and practitioners better understand factors affecting stakeholder relationships and in particular network thinking and collaborative mind-sets. Originality/value: The review contributes a needed systematic and theoretical foundation for future stakeholder relationship studies and practices in off-site construction sector. It provides the basis for future studies and is a seminal analysis of stakeholder management and off-site construction. The scientometric methodology offers scholars a different approach to analysing and visualising literature reviews.
AB - Purpose: This paper aims to report a comprehensive analysis of literature on stakeholder relationships towards identifying patterns of relationships within the off-site construction context. Design/methodology/approach: Key scholarly databases were accessed and after a filtering process, 74 relevant papers were retrieved for analysis. The papers were analysed using qualitative content analysis and scientometric techniques through the application of software Leximancer and VOSviewer. Findings: Research synthesis methods used in the present study generate compatible results. Through text mining analysis, the key themes identified in the off-site construction stakeholder relationships literature included “collaboration”, “building information modelling”, “social network analysis”, supply chain. As a finding by scientometric analysis, collaboration, BIM, supply chain management, housing and social network analysis were the most frequently entered keywords context of off-site construction. Regarding authorship pattern, the whole network of collaboration was fragmented into multiple isolated clusters, implying that the authors had tendency to cooperate in small groups. Practical implications: The paper can bring together an important area of research not previously studied in detail. It will primarily assist academics in the first instance; however, the research leads to important findings that will ultimately assist policymakers and practitioners better understand factors affecting stakeholder relationships and in particular network thinking and collaborative mind-sets. Originality/value: The review contributes a needed systematic and theoretical foundation for future stakeholder relationship studies and practices in off-site construction sector. It provides the basis for future studies and is a seminal analysis of stakeholder management and off-site construction. The scientometric methodology offers scholars a different approach to analysing and visualising literature reviews.
KW - Off-site construction
KW - Qualitative content analysis
KW - Research synthesis methods
KW - Scientometric analysis
KW - Stakeholder relationship
KW - Systematic literature review
UR - https://doi.org/10.25905/21599571.v1
U2 - 10.1108/SASBE-11-2020-0169
DO - 10.1108/SASBE-11-2020-0169
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103974661
SN - 2046-6099
VL - 11
SP - 765
EP - 791
JO - Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
JF - Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
IS - 3
ER -
