عنوان

Communication in construction teams /

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9780203018798

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9781134225088

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0415366194

9780415366199

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Communication in construction teams /

[Book]

Stephen Emmitt and Christopher A. Gorse.

New York :

Taylor & Francis,

2007.

1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) :

illustrations

Spon research

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index.

Cover -- Also available from Taylor & Francis -- Communication in Construction Teams -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The social life of construction projects -- Communication -- The construction team -- Interaction during construction projects -- Researching communication during live projects -- Further reading -- 2 Construction communication research -- Group development within the temporary project team -- Communicating to achieve project objectives -- Construction communication research -- Professional engagement and procurement -- Construction meetings -- Misunderstandings and conflict: The nature of interaction -- 3 Group interaction research -- Multidisciplinary groups and organisational communication -- Group development and group norms -- Bales' interaction process analysis -- 4 Group participation and interaction -- Leadership and participation -- Task and relational interaction -- Social influence and persuasion -- Group performance and outcomes -- Summary -- 5 Collecting communication data from construction projects -- Observing interaction -- Quantitative observation with qualitative explanation -- Clarifying, classifying and coding communication acts -- Preliminary testing of data collection methods -- Testing Bales' IPA: The pilot study -- Research method -- Use of the IPA method -- Data processing and analysis -- Coding and analysing Bales' IPA -- 6 Interaction data from construction meetings -- Results: Case study 1 -- Results: Case study 2 -- Results: Case study 3 -- Results: Case study 4 -- Results: Case study 5 -- Results: Case study 6 -- Results: Case study 7 -- Results: Case study 8 -- Results: Case study 9 -- Results: Case study 10 -- Summary of observations -- 7 Team interaction characteristics -- Interaction norms of construction progress meetings -- Comparison of findings with previous studies -- Discussion of team interaction characteristics -- Summary -- 8 Successful and unsuccessful project outcomes -- Different levels of interaction analysis -- Socio-emotional and task-based interaction -- Positive and negative socio-emotional interaction -- Analysis of Bales' 12 categories -- Successful and unsuccessful project outcomes: Relationships between categories -- Contractor's representatives and interpersonal interaction -- Summary -- 9 Discussion of the findings -- Participation in site-based progress meetings -- Differences between interaction in successful and unsuccessful projects -- Interaction of contractor's representatives -- 10 Conclusions and recommendations -- Typical management and design team meeting interaction -- Conclusion: Hypothesis 1 -- Conclusion: Hypothesis 2 -- Limitations and recommendations -- Revaluing communication in construction teams -- Communication as a critical success factor -- Recommended reading -- Appendix 1 Definition of communication acts attributed to Bales' IPA categories -- Guidance on attributing communicatio.

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Provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on interpersonal communication and delivers a critical review of various research methods previously used in and outside the construction management field. This text investigates the link between successful projects and the effectiveness of communication.

Communication in construction teams.

9780415366199

Communication in the building trades.

Construction industry-- Management.

Communication in the building trades.

Construction industry-- Management.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Construction-- General.

TEC-- 005000

TH

Emmitt, Stephen.

Gorse, Christopher A.

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