Establishing the Critical Barriers to Academia-Industry Collaboration in Building Construction Research in Ghana
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In general terms, very little formal research collaboration is seen between the construction in the academia and the construction industry in Ghana. The aim of this research was to establish the critical barriers to academia-industry in the Ghanaian building construction industry. The respondents for this study were consist of a total of 116 construction professionals, consisting of Ghana Institute of Construction (GIOC) corporate members from the industry, and academics from tertiary academic institutions that run postgraduate construction programmes in Ghana as at 2016. Data was analysed using the relative important index (RII). The Barriers were identified as; difficulty in ensuring equal voice in decision–making, potential conflicts among collaborating individuals/institutions, the problem of Power dynamics or control among members, difficulties in identifying partners with a common research agenda, and lack of trust among partners. This research finding would provide an opportunity for academia-industry to come out with effective solution to overcome the barriers to collaborative issues within the academia-industry in construction research. The researchers recommend that academia and industry should have regular dialogue and appraisal to come out with a collaborative framework to address critical barriers to academia-industry collaborative research in the Ghanaian construction.
Authors: David M. Yen, Emmanuel Adinyira, Abdul Manan Dauda
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2889955362