TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the critical factors of professionals’ BIM adoption behavior based on the theory of planned behavior
AU - Wu, Zezhou
AU - Jiang, Mingyang
AU - Li, Heng
AU - Luo, Xiaochun
AU - Li, Xiaoying
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) Grant (grant numbers PolyU 152047/19E, BRE/PolyU 15210720). This study also received support from the Research Start-up Funding in Shenzhen (grant number 000376).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3/2
Y1 - 2021/3/2
N2 - In recent years, building information modeling (BIM) has been receiving growing interest from the construction industry of China. Nevertheless, although BIM has many foreseeable ad-vantages, many studies claimed that these advantages have not been sufficiently achieved in practice at the current stage. In this circumstance, it is interesting to investigate what really drives the adoption of BIM. Based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB), a hypothetical model which involves nine latent variables is initially established. Then, a questionnaire is designed and distrib-uted to the construction professionals in the Chinese context. After reliability and validity analysis, the goodness-of-fit of the initial model and the related theoretical assumptions are tested through structural equation modeling (SEM). Based on the modification indicators, a modified model is fi-nally derived. Results show that economic viability and governmental supervision are the most critical factors that influence construction professionals’ BIM adoption behavior in China, sharing weights of 0.37 and 0.34, respectively, whereas other factors play limited roles in this regard. The research findings revealed from this study can provide insightful references for countries that in-tend to promote BIM adoption in a similar circumstance.
AB - In recent years, building information modeling (BIM) has been receiving growing interest from the construction industry of China. Nevertheless, although BIM has many foreseeable ad-vantages, many studies claimed that these advantages have not been sufficiently achieved in practice at the current stage. In this circumstance, it is interesting to investigate what really drives the adoption of BIM. Based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB), a hypothetical model which involves nine latent variables is initially established. Then, a questionnaire is designed and distrib-uted to the construction professionals in the Chinese context. After reliability and validity analysis, the goodness-of-fit of the initial model and the related theoretical assumptions are tested through structural equation modeling (SEM). Based on the modification indicators, a modified model is fi-nally derived. Results show that economic viability and governmental supervision are the most critical factors that influence construction professionals’ BIM adoption behavior in China, sharing weights of 0.37 and 0.34, respectively, whereas other factors play limited roles in this regard. The research findings revealed from this study can provide insightful references for countries that in-tend to promote BIM adoption in a similar circumstance.
KW - BIM adoption
KW - Building information modeling (BIM)
KW - China
KW - Critical factors
KW - Theory of planned behavior
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18063022
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18063022
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33804144
AN - SCOPUS:85102446148
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 6
M1 - 3022
ER -
