Organisational Obstacles that Influence Digital Technology Adoption in the Construction Industry

1. Digital Transformation Context and Timeline

1.1. Overview of digital transformation in the construction industry

1.1.1. Advantages

1.1.2. Challenges

1.1.3. Need/ Importance

1.1.4. Degree of Implementation

1.1.5. Trends

2. Digital Technology Adoption

2.1. Affecting Factors

2.1.1. Solution-Need Desire

2.1.2. Decision

2.1.2.1. Factors Influencing Decision

2.1.2.1.1. Project Characterstics

2.1.2.1.2. Technological Characterstics

2.1.2.1.3. Organisational and Management Characterstics

2.1.2.1.4. Financial Characterstics

2.1.2.1.5. Individual Characterstics

2.1.2.1.6. Vendor/Contractor Characterstics

2.1.3. Implementation

2.2. Barries/Challenges/Obstacles

2.2.1. Cultural and Behavorial

2.2.2. Organisational and Management

2.2.2.1. Organisational set-up and model

2.2.2.2. Size

2.2.2.3. Relationships

2.2.2.4. Culture

2.2.2.5. Resources

2.2.2.6. Project managment Model

2.2.2.7. Regulation

2.2.2.8. Team Dynamics

2.2.2.9. Project characterstics

2.2.2.10. Collaboration

2.2.2.11. Behavorial

2.2.2.12. Communication

2.2.2.13. Client Reluctance

2.2.3. Decentralisation

2.2.4. Leadership

2.2.5. Finance and Infrastructure

2.2.6. Project Size and Scope

2.2.7. Risk and Uncertainty

2.2.8. Technological Barriers

2.2.9. Data Barriers

2.2.10. Policy and Regulation

2.2.11. Cultural and Behavorial

2.2.12. Cultural and Behavorial

2.3. Theoretical Adoption Frameworks

2.3.1. Perception

2.3.2. Attitiude

2.3.3. Behavioural Intention

2.3.4. Actual Use

3. Research Questions

3.1. What does existing literature tell us about various factors that affect digital that affect digital technology adoption in construction?

3.2. What organisational and management factors affect digital technlogy adoption in construction?

3.3. What factors are barriers/obstacles/challenges out of those affect adoption?

3.4. What are the potential research gaps?

4. Aim

4.1. To understand and analyse various organisational and management obstacles that influence digital technology adoption in construction.

5. Objectives

5.1. To determine factors affecting digital technology adoption and map existing literature.

5.2. To understand organisational and management factors and their role in the adoption process.

5.3. To analyse various obstacles and challenges that these factors create in the adoption process.