Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-06826-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

The application of mixed methods research design in the built environment discipline by students and academics has continued to grow exponentially. However, with no dedicated mixed methods research design textbook in this domain, students have struggled to conduct research projects involving a mixed methods research design.

Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment provides a useful research methodology resource for students, academics, and researchers across various disciplines in the built environment such as construction management and project management, property and real estate management, quantity surveying and commercial management, building surveying, building services engineering, civil and geodetic engineering, and other built environment disciplines. The book can also be useful for students and academics outside the built environment knowledge domain.

This textbook offers practical and step-by-step guidance on how to apply mixed methods research design, including an elucidation of the various philosophical and methodological underpinnings upon which the choice of a particular variant of the mixed methods research design is predicated. It provides practical case examples and guidance on the processes involved to design and undertake mixed methods research, the advantages and disadvantages of using mixed methods research, and how multiple sources of qualitative and quantitative data can be combined and applied to carry out research projects.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akotia, Julius

Awuzie, Bankole Osita

Egbu, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Bauindustrie, Baugewerbe
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Immobilien & Anlagen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Mixed Methods Research Designs in the Built Environment.  2. Onto-Epistemological Assumptions Underpinning Mixed Methods Research Designs.  3. Ethical Considerations in Mixed Methods Research Design.  4. A Review of Mixed Methods Research Design in Construction Education.  5. A Hybrid Project Management Model for Construction Projects: A Mixed Research Approach.  6. Enhancing the Employability of Quantity Surveying Graduates: A Mixed Methods Approach.  7. Understanding the Effects of the Built Environment on Autistic Adults.  8. A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Social Value of Indigenous Procurement Policies in the Australian Construction Industry.  9. A Methodological Application to Construction Economics Research for Theory Refinement and Extension.  10. Effects of Physical Infrastructure on Practical Performance of Graduates in Architectural Technology in Southeast Nigeria: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Method Research Design.  11. An Exploration of Sustainable Procurement Practice in Irish Construction-Contracting Firms.  12. Investigating the Accident Causal Influence of Construction Project Features Using Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Design.  13. Infrastructure Project Selection and Prioritisation for Socio-economic Development in Mining Communities of Ghana: A Sequential Mixed Methods Research Approach.  14. Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Research to Investigate Factors Affecting the Reputation of PFI/PF2 Projects in the UK.  15. An Exploration of the Implications of Sustainable Construction Practice: Mixed Methods Research Approach.  16. Using Convergent Mixed Methods to Explore the Use of Recycled Plastics as an Aggregate for Concrete Production in South Africa.  17. Adaptive Mixed Methods Research for Evaluating Community Resilience and the Built Environment.

Über Autor(innen)

Julius Akotia is a senior lecturer in Construction Project Management in the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE), University of East London (UEL). He has a strong interest in research and has participated in major research projects, such as the London Olympic project with the CIOB team of researchers. His research interests lie in the area of sustainability.

Bankole Osita Awuzie is an associate professor in Construction Management at the School of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr Awuzie’s research interests are situated along a multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary (MIT) plane with focus on the facilitation of sustainable, smart, and circular built environments in developing country contexts.

Charles Egbu is a professor and the vice chancellor, Leeds Trinity University, England, United Kingdom. His research interests are in construction project management, mental health issues in construction, sustainable development, innovations and knowledge management in complex environments, and research methodology and methods.