Formation of Collective Sensemaking Against Calamities in Global Construction Engineering Projects.

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Title:	Formation of Collective Sensemaking Against Calamities in Global Construction Engineering Projects.
Authors:	Gunathilaka, Sarath¹ sarath_gunathilaka@yahoo.com, Lall, Jas², Sagoo, Amrit¹
Source:	Construction Economics & Building. 2026, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p1-22. 22p.
Subjects:	Disaster resilience, Virtual work teams, Exploratory factor analysis, Confirmatory factor analysis, Teams in the workplace, Construction projects, Situational awareness, Disasters
Abstract:	Collective sensemaking is key to the teams in global construction engineering projects (GCEPs) in order to establish resilience against encountered calamities. Both natural and man-made calamities that occur in these projects influence team performance adversely, and these teams need to develop resilience against them. Therefore, they need to engage in collective sense promptly to know what is going on around the work environment. However, making collective sense is a significant challenge for them because the team members do not have face-to-face interactions in physical proximity due to their virtual team setup. Therefore, knowing how collective sensemaking takes place can facilitate their identification of the best practices for its formation, but the components of collective sensemaking in these projects remain a knowledge gap in the literature. Thus, this paper conceptualizes the model of collective sensemaking with its components by reviewing literature and confirms its model fit through the results of a questionnaire survey among the team members in GCEPs. Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis have been applied to confirm this model with its components as the main findings. As a contribution to practice, the teams in GCEPs can use this model to understand what aspects are to be prioritized for the formation of collective sensemaking to become resilient against calamities. These findings can also become an original theoretical contribution to the construction management research domain because future researchers can use the model and associated survey instruments to develop further theories and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Collective sensemaking is key to the teams in global construction engineering projects (GCEPs) in order to establish resilience against encountered calamities. Both natural and man-made calamities that occur in these projects influence team performance adversely, and these teams need to develop resilience against them. Therefore, they need to engage in collective sense promptly to know what is going on around the work environment. However, making collective sense is a significant challenge for them because the team members do not have face-to-face interactions in physical proximity due to their virtual team setup. Therefore, knowing how collective sensemaking takes place can facilitate their identification of the best practices for its formation, but the components of collective sensemaking in these projects remain a knowledge gap in the literature. Thus, this paper conceptualizes the model of collective sensemaking with its components by reviewing literature and confirms its model fit through the results of a questionnaire survey among the team members in GCEPs. Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis have been applied to confirm this model with its components as the main findings. As a contribution to practice, the teams in GCEPs can use this model to understand what aspects are to be prioritized for the formation of collective sensemaking to become resilient against calamities. These findings can also become an original theoretical contribution to the construction management research domain because future researchers can use the model and associated survey instruments to develop further theories and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	22049029
DOI:	10.5130/j775ff06