TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping the knowledge domain of stakeholder perspective studies in construction projects
T2 - A bibliometric approach
AU - Xue, Jin
AU - Shen, Geoffrey Qiping
AU - Yang, Rebecca Jing
AU - Wu, Hengqin
AU - Li, Xiao
AU - Lin, Xue
AU - Xue, Fan
N1 - Funding Information:
The research described in this paper is fully supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71671156 ). The research is also funded by the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project Number: 2017.A6.107.18B ).
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PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Construction projects require the effective collaboration among the various types of stakeholders involved to succeed, thus leading to stakeholder perspective studies in construction projects. The study proposes an integrated bibliometric approach to detect the knowledge evolution, domain and frontier with a broader searching scope compared with manual review. A total of 752 peer-reviewed academic papers published until the end of 2017 are used. The knowledge evolution indicates seven milestones in history, namely, stakeholder concept, method, identification, assessment, management, influence and complexity. The identified knowledge domain consists of four major research areas which are society, sustainability, analytical tool and project management. The knowledge frontier is also revealed, including a dearth of detailed discussions on stakeholder engagement in sustainable urban projects, lack of generalisation of stakeholder studies in complex construction projects, limited application of dynamic and simulation stakeholder analysis in uncertain project environment and few instant and accurate approaches to integrate stakeholder information. The study provides a holistic knowledge map for the past, current and future of stakeholder perspective studies in construction projects.
AB - Construction projects require the effective collaboration among the various types of stakeholders involved to succeed, thus leading to stakeholder perspective studies in construction projects. The study proposes an integrated bibliometric approach to detect the knowledge evolution, domain and frontier with a broader searching scope compared with manual review. A total of 752 peer-reviewed academic papers published until the end of 2017 are used. The knowledge evolution indicates seven milestones in history, namely, stakeholder concept, method, identification, assessment, management, influence and complexity. The identified knowledge domain consists of four major research areas which are society, sustainability, analytical tool and project management. The knowledge frontier is also revealed, including a dearth of detailed discussions on stakeholder engagement in sustainable urban projects, lack of generalisation of stakeholder studies in complex construction projects, limited application of dynamic and simulation stakeholder analysis in uncertain project environment and few instant and accurate approaches to integrate stakeholder information. The study provides a holistic knowledge map for the past, current and future of stakeholder perspective studies in construction projects.
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - Construction projects
KW - Knowledge map
KW - Stakeholder
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.07.007
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85089476630
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 38
SP - 313
EP - 326
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 6
ER -