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Berente, N, Baxter, R and Lyytinen, K (2010) Dynamics of inter-organizational knowledge creation and information technology use across object worlds: the case of an innovative construction project. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 569–88.

Bresnen, M (2010) Keeping it real? Constituting partnering through boundary objects. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 615–28.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: partnering; practice; boundary objects
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446191003587711
  • Abstract:
    Despite the wealth of research on partnering in construction, comparatively little work has attempted to understand partnering as a socially constructed and emergent phenomenon (Bresnen, 2009). Taking a practice-based approach, this paper deploys the concept of boundary object (e.g. Star and Griesemer, 1989) to explore the mechanisms associated with partnering in the construction industry context. Building upon the observations that such objects are themselves emergent phenomena and can either enable or hinder communication/knowledge sharing, the paper uses exploratory case study research to examine the ways in which the mechanisms used to initiate and develop a partnering relationship (charters, contracts, selection mechanisms and the like) are used to achieve integration across organizational boundaries. The analysis emphasizes the highly situated and localized nature of partnering in practice and assesses the implications for attempts to develop more generic and precise definitions and guidelines for implementing partnering in the industry more widely.

Kjellberg, H (2010) Struggling to perform a warehouse: buildings as symbols and tools. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 675–94.

Luck, R (2010) Using objects to coordinate design activity in interaction. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 641–55.

Rooke, C N, Rooke, J A, Koskela, L and Tzortzopoulos, P (2010) Using the physical properties of artefacts to manage through-life knowledge flows in the built environment: an initial exploration. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 601–13.

Sage, D J, Dainty, A R J and Brookes, N J (2010) Who reads the project file? Exploring the power effects of knowledge tools in construction project management. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 629–39.

Schweber, L and Harty, C (2010) Actors and objects: a socio-technical networks approach to technology uptake in the construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 657–74.

Styhre, A and Gluch, P (2010) Managing knowledge in platforms: boundary objects and stocks and flows of knowledge. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 589–99.

Tryggestad, K, Georg, S and Hernes, T (2010) Constructing buildings and design ambitions. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 695–705.

Whyte, J and Lobo, S (2010) Coordination and control in project-based work: digital objects and infrastructures for delivery. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 557–67.