2134/16056
Frank Dzokoto
Frank
Dzokoto
Francis Edum-Fotwe
Francis
Edum-Fotwe
Peter Demian
Peter
Demian
Conceptualising actors' information behaviour: an investigation into project information dynamics
Loughborough University
2014
Actors
Information seeking behaviour
Performance
Project life cycle
Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
2014-10-13 13:40:49
Conference contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Conceptualising_actors_information_behaviour_an_investigation_into_project_information_dynamics/9434450
Research into information technology in construction has received considerable attention in recent years. However, information behaviour (IB) of actors' in the project environment can be undefined, unstructured and suboptimal. The way information is obtained and shared to support project design development, organisational management and site operational activities continue to change rapidly. Major problems that continue to affect actors’ performance are their exposure to different information sources and channels, unstructured Information Seeking Behaviour (ISB), and the large amount of time they spend sifting through these sources and channels to obtain context specific information just-in-time for use. Hence, this research uses comprehensive review of IB literature and interviews to investigate the information seeking activities of industry professionals in the project environment. It was found that project actors exhibited five distinct ISBs during the project delivery process which are presented and discussed with a conceptual framework to establish an agenda for future study into effective IB culture. The significance of this research is to investigate the current practices of actors’ ISBs in order to define strategies to help improve performance in information seeking, project design and delivery process.