1st Edition
Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment
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.
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.
