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Agdas, D and Ellis, R D (2010) The potential of XML technology as an answer to the data interchange problems of the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 46.

Al-Bizri, S and Gray, C (2010) Management framework for technology clusters implementation. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 82.

Chandra, V and Loosemore, M (2010) Mapping stakeholders’ cultural learning in the hospital briefing process. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 9.

Lahdenperä, P (2010) Conceptualizing a two-stage target-cost arrangement for competitive cooperation. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 96.

Olatunji, O A (2010) The impact of oil price regimes on construction cost in Nigeria. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 59.

Styhre, A (2010) The culture of complaint in construction: affirmative reflections on its role and function. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 803.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: complaint; organization culture; ideology
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446191003789457
  • Abstract:
    Anecdotal evidence and literature searches suggest that the construction industry is generally portrayed in negative terms; it is conservative, risk-reluctant, unable to produce innovation, and so forth. This ‘culture of complaint’ occasionally surfacing in talks and writing is examined as what is in essence ideological, that is, rather than being a marginal gesture of little social and cultural significance, complaining is serving as a functional mechanism enabling, inter alia, a sense of community, the warding off of criticism, and to cope with perceived uncertainties. The commonplace dismissal of the construction industry is thus worthy of more systematic scholarly attention.

Wong, I L, Perera, S and Eames, P C (2010) Goal directed life cycle costing as a method to evaluate the economic feasibility of office buildings with conventional and TI-façades. Construction Management and Economics, 28(07), 35.