Abstract
In order to comprehensively reflect the current status, research hotspots and evolutionary trends of research on construction projects from a social network perspective, 143 HJrelevant papers in the WoS database from 1999 to 2020 were taken as the research objects, and the bibliometric method and CiteSpace V were used to reveal the research development and evolution of the field during the 20 years and explore the future research trends. The study shows that the hotspots of construction project research from social network perspective include performance, governance, stakeholder management, risk management, and communication; research on construction project organizational network innovation, stakeholder risk and governance, BIM technology application, and social capital perspective to improve project organization become future research trends.
Highlights
Prior to the 1950s, the binary relationship between owner and contractor served as the core two-party subject in project organization
This study uses the relevant literature in the WoS database as research data, and systematically shows the current status of research, research hotspots and their evolution in this field through keyword co-occurrence and other indicators, and combined with visualization techniques
The literature on governance research in this field has remained at a high lever after a substantial increase since 2005.The introduction of the Social Network Analysis (SNA) perspective has opened up new perspectives and provided effective research methods for the study of relational governance in the context of informal organizational relationships in projects[7] and promoted the discussion of project governance as a whole[8]
Summary
Prior to the 1950s, the binary relationship between owner and contractor served as the core two-party subject in project organization. SNA has been introduced into the construction project organization context with the emergence of management research under the social network paradigm. As the research continues to deepen and advance, the social network paradigm in construction project organization research is taking shape [1], relevant research results have been enriched [2,3], but there is a lack of the latest quantitative literature research. This study uses the relevant literature in the WoS database as research data, and systematically shows the current status of research, research hotspots and their evolution in this field through keyword co-occurrence and other indicators, and combined with visualization techniques
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