- Title
- Differentiated power perceptions in construction projects - Thai case studies
- Creator
- Kanjanabootra, Sittimont
- Relation
- Beyond Boundaries: EPOC 2014. Proceedings: EPOC 2014 Conference (Denver, CO 29-31 July, 2014)
- Relation
- http://www.epossociety.org/EPOC2014/about.htm
- Publisher
- The Engineering Project Organization Society (EPOS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Through a lens of power as discourse and using a deconstruction of those discourses, the research identifies the differential perceptions of power and associated roles of the various stakeholders in Thai construction industry projects and how these perceptions of power affected decisions made, and project progress, in three case studies. This research applied an interpretivist approach by means of interpretation of actions and meanings of studied actors (stakeholders in Thai AEC industry case studies) according to their own subjective frame of reference by using multiple case studies as a means of research methods. The interview questions were focused on power relations between all stakeholders in construction processes in each case study. Results showed that there are differentiated perceptions of power which alter dynamically across the three Thai construction projects creating a complex environment of decision-making within each project. Thai construction stakeholders have different perception of power and associated roles in construction projects. A downstream stakeholder such as contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers have perception that client (owner of the projects) has power to control everything in the project. While upstream stakeholders think that the designer and consultant has more power to control the project. The subsequent decisions made are based on the varied perceptions of power during the construction projects and each has an impact on the design of buildings. The sustainability and innovation aspects in the project designs often are neglected by decisions made based on financial aspects where power is concentrated with non-technical stakeholders. The perception of power that each stakeholder perceives are different, often ending with conflict in the construction projects resulting in increases in project time, stage delays, poor working relationships, increased costs and sometimes poor delivery outcomes.
- Subject
- power discourse; power relationships; construction projects
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1297577
- Identifier
- uon:19486
- Language
- eng
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