Leadership in construction: a scientometric review

Leadership plays an increasingly important role in construction projects, and numerous research studies have been conducted. This study aims to identify the structure evolution development trends of this knowledge domain using visualisation analysis with CiteSpace. A total of 1789 peer-reviewed arti...

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Main Authors: Peng, Wang, Haron, Nuzul Azam, Alias, Aidi Hizami, Law, Teik Hua
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102082/
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author Peng, Wang
Haron, Nuzul Azam
Alias, Aidi Hizami
Law, Teik Hua
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description Leadership plays an increasingly important role in construction projects, and numerous research studies have been conducted. This study aims to identify the structure evolution development trends of this knowledge domain using visualisation analysis with CiteSpace. A total of 1789 peer-reviewed articles are collected from Scopus and the WoS core collection database to conduct a scientometric analysis. The results indicate that the US dominates this field and that institutions from Australia have made greater contributions. However, international cooperation in this area is not active. A total of eight co-citation clusters were identified, and the research of leadership in construction primarily focused on the topics of transactional leadership, safety leadership, team performance, leadership interaction processes and actual leader behaviour. The keywords co-occurrence evolution analysis was also conducted to provide a holistic knowledge map. Based on the development of this field and its current status, we propose trends and innovative research areas for future research. The findings in this research would help scholars to understand the structure and future trends of this field. Meanwhile, the research results would provide a reference for construction enterprises to formulate project manager competency criteria.
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spelling upm-1020822023-06-07T08:46:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102082/ Leadership in construction: a scientometric review Peng, Wang Haron, Nuzul Azam Alias, Aidi Hizami Law, Teik Hua Leadership plays an increasingly important role in construction projects, and numerous research studies have been conducted. This study aims to identify the structure evolution development trends of this knowledge domain using visualisation analysis with CiteSpace. A total of 1789 peer-reviewed articles are collected from Scopus and the WoS core collection database to conduct a scientometric analysis. The results indicate that the US dominates this field and that institutions from Australia have made greater contributions. However, international cooperation in this area is not active. A total of eight co-citation clusters were identified, and the research of leadership in construction primarily focused on the topics of transactional leadership, safety leadership, team performance, leadership interaction processes and actual leader behaviour. The keywords co-occurrence evolution analysis was also conducted to provide a holistic knowledge map. Based on the development of this field and its current status, we propose trends and innovative research areas for future research. The findings in this research would help scholars to understand the structure and future trends of this field. Meanwhile, the research results would provide a reference for construction enterprises to formulate project manager competency criteria. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022-10-31 Article PeerReviewed Peng, Wang and Haron, Nuzul Azam and Alias, Aidi Hizami and Law, Teik Hua (2022) Leadership in construction: a scientometric review. Buildings, 12 (11). art. no. 1825. pp. 1-22. ISSN 2075-5309 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/11/1825 10.3390/buildings12111825
spellingShingle Peng, Wang
Haron, Nuzul Azam
Alias, Aidi Hizami
Law, Teik Hua
Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title_full Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title_fullStr Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title_full_unstemmed Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title_short Leadership in construction: a scientometric review
title_sort leadership in construction: a scientometric review
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