Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment

1. Introduction to Mixed Methods Research Designs in the Built Environment.
JULIUS AKOTIA, BANKOLE OSITA AWUZIE, CHARLES EGBU

2. Onto-Epistemological Assumptions Underpinning Mixed Methods Research Designs.
JULIUS AKOTIA, BANKOLE OSITA AWUZIE, CHARLES EGBU

3. Ethical Considerations in Mixed Methods Research Design.
ABID HASAN

4. A Review of Mixed Methods Research Design in Construction Education.
SAEED ROKOOEI

5. A Hybrid Project Management Model for Construction Projects: A Mixed Research Approach.
ABDALLAH LALMI, GABRIELA FERNANDES, SOUAD SASSI BOUDEMAGH

6. Enhancing the Employability of Quantity Surveying Graduates: A Mixed Methods Approach.
SAMUEL ADEKUNLE, INIOBONG BEAUTY JOHN, OBUKS EJOHWOMU, CLINTON AIGBAVBOA, ANDREW EBEKOZIEN, DOUGLAS AGHIMIEN

7. Understanding the Effects of the Built Environment on Autistic Adults.
BETH NOBLE, NIGEL ISAACS

8. A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Social Value of Indigenous Procurement Policies in the Australian Construction Industry.
GEORGE DENNY-SMITH, RIZA YOSIA SUNINDIJO, MEGAN WILLIAMS, MARTIN LOOSEMORE, LEANNE PIGGOTT

9. A Methodological Application to Construction Economics Research for Theory Refinement and Extension.
MOHD AZRAI AZMAN, CAROL K. H. HON

10. Effects of Physical Infrastructure on Practical Performance of Graduates in Architectural Technology in Southeast Nigeria: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Method Research Design.
UDOCHUKWU MARCEL-OKAFOR

11. An Exploration of Sustainable Procurement Practice in Irish Construction-Contracting Firms.
DUGA EWUGA, MARK MULVILLE, ALAN HORE

12. Investigating the Accident Causal Influence of Construction Project Features Using Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Design.
PATRICK MANU

13. Infrastructure Project Selection and Prioritisation for Socio-economic Development in Mining Communities of Ghana: A Sequential Mixed Methods Research Approach.
ENOCH SACKEY, JULIUS AKOTIA, JEMIMA ANTWIAA OTTOU

14. Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Research to Investigate Factors Affecting the Reputation of PFI/PF2 Projects in the UK.
STANLEY NJUANGANG, HENRY ABANDA, CHAMPIKA LIYANAGE, CHRIS PYE

15. An Exploration of the Implications of Sustainable Construction Practice: Mixed Methods Research Approach.
CHENG SIEW GOH; SHAMY YI MIN CHIN

16. Using Convergent Mixed Methods to Explore the Use of Recycled Plastics as an Aggregate for Concrete Production in South Africa.
NISHANI HARINARAIN, ROBERT A. LUKAN AND BEVAN NAIDOO

17. Adaptive Mixed Methods Research for Evaluating Community Resilience and the Built Environment.
SANDRA CARRASCO, TEMITOPE EGBELAKIN

Biography

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.