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Exploring the Case Study Usage in Construction Engineering and Management Research
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Industrilized and sustainable construction.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1172-5694
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Industrilized and sustainable construction.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9524-4814
2017 (English)In: ICCREM 2017: Project Management and Construction Technology : Proceedings of the International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2017 / [ed] Yaowu Wang, Yongshi Pang, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, and Yimin Zhu,, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2017, p. 38-46Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Case studies have become more common and accepted among researchers across a wide array of academic disciplines including construction engineering and management (CEM) research. Among mainstream case study literature, the case study approach is seen primarily as a research method to be used in social sciences to study social phenomena. However, CEM is not considered a social science and construction engineering (CE) often do not study social phenomena. Instead, the field revolves around quantitative and engineering-based matters. This paper aims at studying the usage and characteristics of case studies in CEM research to determine if current literatures on case studies are sufficient for the field or if new approaches are needed. This is conducted through a quantitative inquiry into data from scientific databases and a qualitative analysis of several case study papers in the field of CEM. The results show that case studies are common in the field and in CE they often are used to demonstrate proposed frameworks or models. However, case study literature does not sufficiently describe this approach to case studies, which suggests that the literature needs to be complemented to meet the needs in CEM research.

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2017. p. 38-46
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Construction Management
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Construction Engineering and Management
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-67162DOI: 10.1061/9780784481080.005ISI: 000418450200005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85039858091ISBN: 978-0-7844-8108-0 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-67162DiVA, id: diva2:1170858
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International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, Guangzhou, China, NOV 10-12, 2017
Available from: 2018-01-04 Created: 2018-01-04 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved

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