Exploring the Role of Cultural Boundary Spanners at Complex Boundaries in Global Virtual AEC Networks

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dc.contributor.authorZelkowicz, Andresen
dc.contributor.authorIorio, Joshen
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, John E.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentThe Myers-Lawson School of Constructionen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-31T16:46:52Zen
dc.date.available2019-07-31T16:46:52Zen
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractAs the architecture, engineering and construction industry continues to globalize, project work is more often executed by geographically distributed, technologically mediated teams of knowledge specialists organized into global virtual project networks. These networks are characterized by a number of boundaries that must be spanned in order to develop effective project outcomes. Prior research has examined the efficacy of cultural boundary spanners and technical boundary spanners in these types of networks, but we lack an understanding of how spanners perform in complex boundary environments where boundaries co-occur. Our research aims to explore the efficacy of cultural boundary spanners who are positioned at technical and knowledge domain boundaries. The results of our preliminary research suggest that cultural boundary spanners may only be effective at facilitating efficient information transfer when they are positioned at a knowledge domain boundary in which they have specialization. We found that the interactional norms that develop within the network based on the efficacy of boundary spanners can also position them at inappropriate knowledge domain boundaries, which can lead to decreased efficiency of information transfer. Our research provides an initial contribution to our understanding of boundary complexity in global virtual projects networks with implications for improving network performance.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.issn1874-4753en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/92209en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.itcon.org/paper/2015/24en
dc.identifier.volume20en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectboundary spanningen
dc.subjectcomplex boundary environmentsen
dc.subjectglobalen
dc.subjectnetworksen
dc.subjectproject networksen
dc.subjectvirtual teamen
dc.titleExploring the Role of Cultural Boundary Spanners at Complex Boundaries in Global Virtual AEC Networksen
dc.title.serialJournal of Information Technology in Constructionen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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