Conceptualizing environmental expertise through the lens of institutional work

Although a growing number of environmental experts have entered the scene within the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, studies of environmental experts' role and agency remain limited. In order to gain more clarity regarding the agency of environmental experts in relatio...

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Published in:Construction management and economics 2016-08, Vol.34 (7-8), p.522-535
Main Authors: Gluch, Pernilla, Bosch-Sijtsema, Petra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agency
Architectural engineering
Clarity
Construction costs
Construction industry
Dynamic models
Economics
Environmental engineering
environmental experts
expertise
Gain
institutional work
Joining
Lenses
practice
professionals
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Summary:Although a growing number of environmental experts have entered the scene within the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, studies of environmental experts' role and agency remain limited. In order to gain more clarity regarding the agency of environmental experts in relation to construction project practice the theoretical lens of institutional work is applied. A multidimensional framework, linking agency with three forms of institutional work, is used in a conceptual discussion on how environmental experts adopt various types of agency to influence institutional change towards a sustainable development of the AEC industry. Due to the fragmented and distributed project-based environment, the application of institutional work in the AEC industry uncovers tensions between various forms of institutional work processes. A dynamic model is therefore suggested to capture these tensions. Besides illustrating tensions, the model envisions the locked-in maintaining of institutions performed by iterative and practical-evaluative agency.
ISSN:0144-6193
1466-433X
1466-433X
DOI:10.1080/01446193.2016.1177191