Abstract
AbstractMethodological debates are nothing new in construction engineering and management (CEM) research. However, when the consequences, and at times even the content, of such debates are consider...
Highlights
Methodological debates are nothing new in academia, and the field of construction and engineering management (CEM) is no different
While the grounding of much of CEM research within schools of science and engineering has to some extent inevitably cast our footings within realist ontological and positivistic epistemological paradigms, these are as much beneficial supporting structures as they are the ties that bind
It is our intention within this paper to reveal the contemporary methodological state of our discipline, to expose the ontological and epistemological foundations that are currently underpinning our work through an empirical review of publications in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, focusing
Summary
Methodological debates are nothing new in academia, and the field of construction and engineering management (CEM) is no different. While the grounding of much of CEM research within schools of science and engineering has to some extent inevitably cast our footings within realist ontological and positivistic epistemological paradigms, these are as much beneficial supporting structures as they are the ties that bind It is our intention within this paper to reveal the contemporary methodological state of our discipline, to expose the ontological and epistemological foundations that are currently underpinning our work through an empirical review of publications in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, focusing on the 2017 issue. Through this process the influence, or lack of influence, that philosophical positioning has on much of our CEM research is revealed. The ultimate impact of these shortcomings in understanding and presenting bias in research is often a reduction in the quality of CEM research, as a consequence of the lack of engagement with the ontological and epistemological foundations upon which the research is intended to build
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