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Sarhan, S 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0105-2350, Pasquire, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6344-2031, King, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6195-687X and Manu, E ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-3681,
2018.
Institutional waste within the UK construction procurement context: a conceptual framework.
Engineering Project Organization Journal, 8, pp. 36-64.
ISSN 2157-3727
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Abstract
There is a broad consensus among social and economic researchers that 'institutions' matter. Institutions influence beliefs, norms and actions; thus they shape performance and outcomes. Interestingly, the concept of institutions is not well established in construction economics or management research, specifically in waste-related literature. This paper presents discussions on the impact of imperfect regulations, norms and cultural/cognitive assumptions that exist within the construction procurement context, and how this has translated into the institutionalisation of wasteful behaviours and practices in construction projects. Based on a critical review of extant literature, the ultimate objectives of this study are to: (1) contribute to the overall understanding of waste in construction by suggesting a novel perspective to the generation and persistence of waste in construction projects; (2) demonstrate how the neo-institutional theory, a branch of organizational sociology, can potentially be applied as an analytical lens to deliver a more explicit theory of waste that relates cause and effect within the wider aspects of construction procurement systems and relationships; (3) highlight a number of widely accepted regulations, norms and meanings that impede efficiency and improvement efforts in construction; and (4) formulate propositions on institutional waste in the process of construction procurement that will be fundamental to the future trajectory of this study.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Engineering Project Organization Journal |
| Creators: | Sarhan, S., Pasquire, C., King, A. and Manu, E. |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis for the Engineering Project Organization Society |
| Date: | January 2018 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| ISSN: | 2157-3727 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.25219/epoj.2018.00102 DOI |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment |
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan |
| Date Added: | 26 Feb 2018 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2019 03:00 |
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| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32796 |
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