Economic effects of migrant labor on industrialized building system (IBS) adoption in the Malaysian construction industry

Zakaria, Sharifah Akmam Syed; El-Abidi, Khaled M. Amtered

doi:10.1080/17452007.2020.1781587

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“…While there are many examples of famous architects who have been celebrated for their rapid adoption of technology-such as Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, or Norman Fosterpast research argues that many firms, as well as some countries and cultures, have resisted adopting technology [28][29][30]. Some researchers suggest that the reluctance stems from a poor understanding of technology and its benefits and risks [5,31], and this failure results in low productivity and reduced quality of building designs [32,33]. Furthermore, it is claimed that the specific organizational factors affecting technology adoption in the architectural industry remain undetermined [34,35].…”

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“…The respondent acknowledges the need to train employees on using different technologies as a technique of maintaining clients' loyalty and keeping new clients who may require the application of advanced technologies in the architectural fields. Given the nature of perspectives shared by the respondent, it is evident to denote the fact that if construction companies invest in training their professionals to learn to use advanced technologies, then they would stand a better chance of meeting the expectations and the interests of their targeted clients in the market [33]. Based on the concerns highlighted by the respondent, it is important to note that the majority of the construction firms in the building industry are reluctant to engage their employees in training based on the focal concern that the time and cost of offering training to the professionals engaged by such construction firms.…”

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A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

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The architecture service industry has typically been slow in accepting new digital technologies widely due to many reasons, such as the industry’s complexity, the diverse sizes of companies, client types, and stakeholders’ technical skills. The combination of these business service factors with those that affect the intention of a user to use a technology offers a novel model for predicting the success of technology adoption in this business. This study aims to identify the factors in the architecture industry that influence the process of technology adoption. The process of qualitative data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with the participation of 30 architecture and design managers to explore the factors that they consider important when adopting digital technology in their organizations. This was conducted to compare these factors with those identified by users as influential in the adoption of digital technology. The analysis was conducted in three stages, namely transcribing, coding, and extracting major themes. This study starts by discussing demographic factors such as gender and their influence on the technology adoption process in the selected organizations. This study will further help in identifying whether managers viewed the factors identified in the quantitative study as significant in affecting their decisions to adopt the technology. The major findings of this study revealed that several factors influence the adoption of technology in the architecture industry at the managerial level. These factors include cost, brief preparation, service quality, result demonstrability, project time, environmental considerations, training considerations, and user-friendliness.

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A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

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“…The interest could be explained by the realisation, through evidence, of the benefits and values of MMC. For instance, MMC is excelling in addressing critical construction concerns such as safety [18,19], waste [20], cost [21,22], and the favouring of business with smaller firms [23,24]. A reasonable question, thus, is whether the re-emergence of such interest from practice, academia, and regulatory bodies may offer an invaluable opportunity for MMC to finally prevail over traditional construction methods.…”

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Examining the Influence of UK Public Clients’ Characteristics on Their Own Innovation-Decision towards the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

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Construction has long been identified as an industry resistant to change and innovation, a reality that has prevailed to shape its overall reputation. The public sector includes an influential client type that dominates the major percentage of construction demand and is subject to public law. The Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have been championed recently by the UK government and early adopters upon the emergence of data indicating their effectiveness in addressing key construction challenges. However, the uptake of MMC has been low among UK construction clients, particularly among public client organisations. Theories emerge across decades to inform researchers of variable clusters that can aid a broader understanding of decision-making and innovation adoption. One of the popular innovation theories suggests a relation between the characteristics of decision-makers and their own innovation decisions. This paper, therefore, aims to investigate the characteristics that are responsible for public clients’ low MMC uptake despite the associated relative advantages. Overall, 91 public client organisations have responded to this research’s survey, reflecting their organisation’s characteristics in line with the constructs adapted from the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory. Results suggest that among the ten influences that are captured from a detailed review of the literature, confidence in MMC firms supersedes all other factors in critically influencing the organisation’s favourable decision towards using MMC. Evidence provided in this paper suggests that a communication issue is presenting itself in the public construction sector, which is evident by the lack of confidence that public clients have in MMC businesses. This is the first study to utilise quantitative means to examine construction clients’ characteristics and relate the same to the adoption of construction innovation. Future research is encouraged to acknowledge the most influencing characteristics and detail how such knowledge can be embraced by supply to develop business models that can orchestrate better confidence in the public sector.

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“…This has spawned an impressive number of PC-related studies. However, as a novel construction method, many countries still have prefabricated buildings in the initial developmental stage [2][3][4][5]. PC applications are characterized by multiple production interconnections, cross-organization, and cross-worksite coordination involving multiple subjects, which are prone to uncertainties and constraints in the construction cycle [6].…”

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A Scientometric Review of Management of Prefabricated Construction from 2011–2021

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Prefabricated construction (PC) is an increasingly popular method of construction utilized globally due to its high productivity and efficient performance. PC as an advanced building technique is susceptible to problems such as the immaturity of the PC industry’s development, inability to realize production benefits, and application-related risks and uncertainties. The management of PC (MPC) can be applied to resolve these difficulties and generally enhance performance. Reviews pertinent to the MPC are scarce, making it challenging to concentrate and comprehensively summarize the research situation of the MPC. The MPC review was conducted by Li et al. in 2014. However, there has been a lot of change in the MPC research field. Therefore, this study is an extension of the work of Li et al. (2014). This article aims to analyze and summarize the current research situation and future trends of the MPC, employing a bibliometric search and scientometric analysis from MPC-related publications between 2011 and 2021. This paper outlines current research topics, gaps, and future development from four perspectives based on publications gathered: (1) PC development, (2) PC performance management, (3) PC life cycle management, and (4) technological applications in the MPC. Based on the discussion of these four performance indexes, the following future research directions are proposed: (1) PC industry development considering a combination of Industry–University–Research, (2) the performance impact of management methods and technologies, (3) the rationality of management methods and technologies. This study is vital for scholars to understand MPC research and to conduct further research.

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Economic effects of migrant labor on industrialized building system (IBS) adoption in the Malaysian construction industry

Cited by 5 publications

References 72 publications

A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

Examining the Influence of UK Public Clients’ Characteristics on Their Own Innovation-Decision towards the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

A Scientometric Review of Management of Prefabricated Construction from 2011–2021

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