Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects
For complex and major infrastructure construction projects, relational governance and the importance of collaboration between project partners have led to the emergence of collaborative project delivery models. While collaboration has been studied from different perspectives, few studies focus on ho...
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| author | Christoffer Rönndahl Petra Bosch-Sijtsema Rasmus Rempling Mats Karlsson |
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| description | For complex and major infrastructure construction projects, relational governance and the importance of collaboration between project partners have led to the emergence of collaborative project delivery models. While collaboration has been studied from different perspectives, few studies focus on how collaboration is maintained and developed over time in major construction projects. Sensemaking is used as a theoretical lens to give more insight in how project actors give and make sense in relation to collaboration. Through a longitudinal case study with interviews (42) and observations, events, triggers and sensebreakers that stimulate sensemaking and sensegiving in the project are discussed. The study contributes with an empirical insight in how project actors make sense of collaboration through sensegiving, stimulating a sensemaking process while also exploring the influence of triggers and sensebreakers on this process. It underscores the dynamic and evolving nature of collaboration within the project context through sensemaking. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa1c202f3b6642e4ba998bb11ba233522025-01-30T05:15:02ZengElsevierProject Leadership and Society2666-72152025-12-016100178Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projectsChristoffer Rönndahl0Petra Bosch-Sijtsema1Rasmus Rempling2Mats Karlsson3Chalmers University of Technology, Technology Management and Economics, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden; Corresponding author.Chalmers University of Technology, Technology Management and Economics, 412 96, Gothenburg, SwedenChalmers University of Technology, Architecture and Civil Engineering, 412 96, Gothenburg, SwedenChalmers University of Technology, Architecture and Civil Engineering, 412 96, Gothenburg, SwedenFor complex and major infrastructure construction projects, relational governance and the importance of collaboration between project partners have led to the emergence of collaborative project delivery models. While collaboration has been studied from different perspectives, few studies focus on how collaboration is maintained and developed over time in major construction projects. Sensemaking is used as a theoretical lens to give more insight in how project actors give and make sense in relation to collaboration. Through a longitudinal case study with interviews (42) and observations, events, triggers and sensebreakers that stimulate sensemaking and sensegiving in the project are discussed. The study contributes with an empirical insight in how project actors make sense of collaboration through sensegiving, stimulating a sensemaking process while also exploring the influence of triggers and sensebreakers on this process. It underscores the dynamic and evolving nature of collaboration within the project context through sensemaking.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721525000031CollaborationCollaborative project delivery modelsSensemakingSensegivingSensebreakingMajor infrastructure project |
| spellingShingle | Christoffer Rönndahl Petra Bosch-Sijtsema Rasmus Rempling Mats Karlsson Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects Project Leadership and Society Collaboration Collaborative project delivery models Sensemaking Sensegiving Sensebreaking Major infrastructure project |
| title | Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| title_full | Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| title_fullStr | Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| title_short | Making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| title_sort | making sense of collaboration in major infrastructure construction projects |
| topic | Collaboration Collaborative project delivery models Sensemaking Sensegiving Sensebreaking Major infrastructure project |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721525000031 |
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