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Over the past two decades, sustainability professionals have entered the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. However, little attention has been given to the actual professionalization processes of these and the leadership conducted by them when shaping the pace and direction for sustainable development. With the aim to explore how the role of sustainability professionals develops, critical events affecting everyday sustainability work practices were identified. Based on a phenomenological study with focus on eight experienced environmental managers’ life stories, and by applying the theoretical lens of institutional entrepreneurship, the study displays a professionalization process in six episodes. Different critical events both enabled and disabled environmental managers’ opportunity to engage in institutional entrepreneurship. The findings indicate how agency is closely interrelated to temporary discourses in society; they either serve to support change and create new institutional practices towards enhanced sustainability or disrupt change when agency to act is temporarily “lost”. To manage a continually changing environment, environmental managers adopt different strategies depending on the situated context and time, such as finding ambassadors and interorganizational allies, mobilizing resources, creating organizational structures, and repositioning themselves.
Pernilla Gluch; Stina Månsson. Taking Lead for Sustainability: Environmental Managers as Institutional Entrepreneurs. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4022 .
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Stina Månsson. Taking Lead for Sustainability: Environmental Managers as Institutional Entrepreneurs. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):4022.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Stina Månsson. 2021. "Taking Lead for Sustainability: Environmental Managers as Institutional Entrepreneurs." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 4022.
Social procurement is increasingly used by organizations to create social value. An important feature of social procurement used to mitigate issues with social exclusion is employment requirements, which aim to create internships for unemployed marginalized people. However, little is known of their effects on people working at an operative level. Through 23 semi-structured interviews with practitioners in the Swedish construction and real estate sector, this paper adopts a practice lens to analyse the effects of employment requirements (ER). Findings show that practitioners must handle the tension between old and new practices, and strike a balance between fulfilling formal responsibilities and performing new practices on an ad hoc basis, and finding the time and resources to do so. Practitioners act as practice carriers for both traditional work tasks and new employment requirement practices, which can lead to role ambiguity. The paper provides novel details for how employment requirements unfold in practice. It also adds to practice theory by suggesting an important relational aspect between first-order, premeditated practices, and second-order, emergent practices, and how both types of practices are vital for working with employment requirements.
Daniella Troje; Pernilla Gluch. Beyond Policies and Social Washing: How Social Procurement Unfolds in Practice. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4956 .
AMA StyleDaniella Troje, Pernilla Gluch. Beyond Policies and Social Washing: How Social Procurement Unfolds in Practice. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):4956.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniella Troje; Pernilla Gluch. 2020. "Beyond Policies and Social Washing: How Social Procurement Unfolds in Practice." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 4956.
Employment requirements, as part of social procurement, are increasingly used in construction procurement as a tool to mitigate issues of exclusion on the job market. To create a better understanding how employment requirements nurtures a new type of actor, here named the “employment requirement professional” (ERP), the aim of this paper is to study how this role is framed in terms of work practices and professional identity. Building on 21 semi-structured interviews in the Swedish construction sector, a detailed account of who works with employment requirements, how and why they conduct their work is provided. The findings show how ERPs mediate between contrasting interests when they create new social procurement roles and practices; how they enact different approaches to promote social sustainability, how their roles are formed by multiple and reciprocal lines of actions, and how they make sense of who they are and what type of work they engage in. The research contributes to a discussion on effects from social procurement in construction and the emergence of a new professional role, their identity and work practices.
Daniella Troje; Pernilla Gluch. Populating the social realm: new roles arising from social procurement. Construction Management and Economics 2019, 38, 55 -70.
AMA StyleDaniella Troje, Pernilla Gluch. Populating the social realm: new roles arising from social procurement. Construction Management and Economics. 2019; 38 (1):55-70.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniella Troje; Pernilla Gluch. 2019. "Populating the social realm: new roles arising from social procurement." Construction Management and Economics 38, no. 1: 55-70.
The use of building information modelling (BIM) has opened up for new roles. Previous studies on BIM roles focused on their duties, formal responsibilities and legitimacy, but few studies pay attention to how BIM actors (BIM coordinators and strategists) act to support increased BIM usage. Applying the theoretical construct of institutional work, this paper aims to create an understanding of the role and agency of BIM actors. Based on observations and semi-structured interviews with BIM actors and managers, the findings show: (1) purposive actions of BIM actors to promote and diffuse new BIM practices; (2) tensions between creating new BIM practices and maintaining existing construction management institutions; (3) BIM actor as an interface between the BIM technology and its users. Focusing on the BIM actor’s role and agency gives insights into the hard process of changing and/or disrupting traditional construction management institutions and creating new practices arising from increased digitalization.
Petra Bosch-Sijtsema; Pernilla Gluch. Challenging construction project management institutions: the role and agency of BIM actors. International Journal of Construction Management 2019, 1 -11.
AMA StylePetra Bosch-Sijtsema, Pernilla Gluch. Challenging construction project management institutions: the role and agency of BIM actors. International Journal of Construction Management. 2019; ():1-11.
Chicago/Turabian StylePetra Bosch-Sijtsema; Pernilla Gluch. 2019. "Challenging construction project management institutions: the role and agency of BIM actors." International Journal of Construction Management , no. : 1-11.
The implementation of building information modeling (BIM) has resulted in the development of new roles for BIM actors, but few empirical studies have been conducted on how these roles develop professionally. The present study investigates the professional development of the BIM actor and how this role is perceived by BIM actors and non-BIM actors in Sweden. The study uses a questionnaire (N = 342) in eight companies, comprised of contractors, architects, and clients. The BIM and non-BIM actors were compared on similarities and significant differences in their characteristics, tasks, experience, education, and barriers to the role's development. We found that BIM actors perceive their role, characteristics, tasks and education as coordinating and driving change. However, non-BIM actors perceive the BIM actor role as focusing more on technical skills than on softer skills. The perceptions of the two groups indicate possible tensions toward the future professional development of the BIM actor role.
Petra M. Bosch-Sijtsema; Pernilla Gluch; Ahmet Anil Sezer. Professional development of the BIM actor role. Automation in Construction 2018, 97, 44 -51.
AMA StylePetra M. Bosch-Sijtsema, Pernilla Gluch, Ahmet Anil Sezer. Professional development of the BIM actor role. Automation in Construction. 2018; 97 ():44-51.
Chicago/Turabian StylePetra M. Bosch-Sijtsema; Pernilla Gluch; Ahmet Anil Sezer. 2018. "Professional development of the BIM actor role." Automation in Construction 97, no. : 44-51.
Real estate- and property owners’ rationales behind the adoption of Life Cycle Costing (LCC) respectively how LCC is actually used in renovation projects, is investigated through empirical data from a questionnaire survey sent to managers in Swedish real estate organisations. The study shows a positive attitude towards LCC. It is perceived to as a flexible and multi-functional tool with a familiar monetary format. Nevertheless, the study also reveals simplistic and undevel-oped views of how to use LCC. While much research has focused on developing sophisticated LCC tools, the findings indicate that practitioners’ interest in these refinements seems limited. The importance of understanding that LCC is used in a context of multiple and partly competing institutional logics of renovation is emphasised. The paper contributes to a more informed research in development of LCC tools as well as better informed LCC use among real estate and property owners.
Pernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson; Henrikke Baumann; Goran Lindahl. FROM TOOL-MAKING TO TOOL-USING – AND BACK: RATIONALES FOR ADOPTION AND USE OF LCC. International Journal of Strategic Property Management 2018, 22, 179 -190.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Mathias Gustafsson, Henrikke Baumann, Goran Lindahl. FROM TOOL-MAKING TO TOOL-USING – AND BACK: RATIONALES FOR ADOPTION AND USE OF LCC. International Journal of Strategic Property Management. 2018; 22 (3):179-190.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson; Henrikke Baumann; Goran Lindahl. 2018. "FROM TOOL-MAKING TO TOOL-USING – AND BACK: RATIONALES FOR ADOPTION AND USE OF LCC." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 22, no. 3: 179-190.
Building on a practice-oriented approach and the theoretical construct of institutional work, the organizational nexus of changing practices for public facilities management is conceptualized in a multi-level framework. To support the conceptual framework, changing management practices are illustrated with the help of real-life experiences gained in a case study of a strategy project in a Swedish public construction client organization with the goal of developing a strategic facilities plan. These real-life examples, captured through interviews and field observations, cohere with the research method of narrative inquiry. The framework envisions projective agencies of various actors, both human and non-human (objects), in change processes. Findings show how key actors, through collaborative co-creation processes, take different complementary roles when promoting new practices into a specific organizational setting. By jointly promoting a set of preferred arrangements they establish proto-institutions. In addition, various objects were attributed rhetorical agency to support new public FM practices in that these served as purposeful non-human actors, triggering and legitimizing actions taken. With focus on emerging institutions in the making and especially projective agencies for institutional change, this research contributes to furthered layered understandings on institutional work related to change in construction in general and specifically in public sustainable facilities management.
Pernilla Gluch; Ingrid Svensson. On the nexus of changing public facilities management practices: purposive and co-creative actions across multiple levels. Construction Management and Economics 2017, 36, 259 -275.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Ingrid Svensson. On the nexus of changing public facilities management practices: purposive and co-creative actions across multiple levels. Construction Management and Economics. 2017; 36 (5):259-275.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Ingrid Svensson. 2017. "On the nexus of changing public facilities management practices: purposive and co-creative actions across multiple levels." Construction Management and Economics 36, no. 5: 259-275.
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.
Pernilla Gluch; Petra Bosch-Sijtsema. Conceptualizing environmental expertise through the lens of institutional work. Construction Management and Economics 2016, 34, 522 -535.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Petra Bosch-Sijtsema. Conceptualizing environmental expertise through the lens of institutional work. Construction Management and Economics. 2016; 34 (7-8):522-535.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Petra Bosch-Sijtsema. 2016. "Conceptualizing environmental expertise through the lens of institutional work." Construction Management and Economics 34, no. 7-8: 522-535.
This paper seek to explain why life cycle costing (LCC) is used or not for renovation projects. The study is based on a theoretical explanation model called the technology acceptance model (TAM). The model assumes that a number of factors determine whether and when individuals will use a particular technology. Two main components of the model are (1) Perceived usefulness, and (2) Perceived ease of use. The response rate was 32.3%. The results show that the climate in terms of the extent to which LCC is advocated and used by colleagues affects how the individual experience both usefulness and ease of use. Our study also demonstrates that the perceived usefulness, i.e. how well you feel that LCC can be used in your daily work, lays the foundation for if it is perceived as positive to use, and thus also a prerequisite for creating an intention to use and subsequently applying LCC in actual renovation projects. The study shows that the ease of use does not have the same effect.
Pernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson. Acceptance and Use of LCC as a Decision Support Tool for Renovation Investments. ICCREM 2015 2015, 821 -828.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Mathias Gustafsson. Acceptance and Use of LCC as a Decision Support Tool for Renovation Investments. ICCREM 2015. 2015; ():821-828.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson. 2015. "Acceptance and Use of LCC as a Decision Support Tool for Renovation Investments." ICCREM 2015 , no. : 821-828.
Mathias Gustafsson; Pernilla Gluch; Sigrid Gunnemark; Katharina Heinke; Dan Engström. The Role of VDC Professionals in the Construction Industry. Procedia Economics and Finance 2015, 21, 478 -485.
AMA StyleMathias Gustafsson, Pernilla Gluch, Sigrid Gunnemark, Katharina Heinke, Dan Engström. The Role of VDC Professionals in the Construction Industry. Procedia Economics and Finance. 2015; 21 ():478-485.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMathias Gustafsson; Pernilla Gluch; Sigrid Gunnemark; Katharina Heinke; Dan Engström. 2015. "The Role of VDC Professionals in the Construction Industry." Procedia Economics and Finance 21, no. : 478-485.
In order to understand the long-term change processes, a longitudinal study of the Swedish construction industry is presented. This examines the long-term environmental attitudes and practices within this industry, particularly the trends and significant changes in corporate environmental management and performance. The results from three surveys undertaken in 2002, 2006 and 2010 indicate that environmental work is becoming institutionalized as a strategic part of the companies' business, environmental management activities and integrated within the companies' work practices. Also evident is a greater maturity and raised ambitions in companies' environmental actions. Legislative pressures have become a reduced driver; instead there is increased pressure from, and need for cooperation with, a larger variety of stakeholders and across disciplines. Environmental management systems have been widely adopted, meaning that practice relies on self-surveillance and voluntary actions. A consolidation of environmental management is observed within the companies, as well as an emerging business niche of environmental expert consultancy. The perceived effects on competitiveness and financial performance remain unclear, implying that there are other motivations for environmental change than financial and legal justifications.
Pernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson; Liane Thuvander; Henrikke Baumann. Charting corporate greening: environmental management trends in Sweden. Building Research & Information 2013, 42, 318 -329.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Mathias Gustafsson, Liane Thuvander, Henrikke Baumann. Charting corporate greening: environmental management trends in Sweden. Building Research & Information. 2013; 42 (3):318-329.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Mathias Gustafsson; Liane Thuvander; Henrikke Baumann. 2013. "Charting corporate greening: environmental management trends in Sweden." Building Research & Information 42, no. 3: 318-329.
The construction industry is one of the most male dominated industries around the world, not only when it comes to workers, but also as regards managers. Only 5% of the managers in the Swedish construction industry are women. The managerial competencies of individuals working as managers in the Swedish construction industry are researched to get a clearer understanding of the situation, and to investigate if this lack of balance between male and female managers has to do with differences in managerial competence. The management development questionnaire provided by Human Resource Development Press was sent to 143 managers in the Swedish construction industry and 112 respondents (44 women and 68 men) assessed themselves in 20 competencies, resulting in a response rate of 78%. The Mann-Whitney U test showed that female and male managers possess equal managerial competencies in 17 of the 20 competencies. Male managers rated themselves as having better managerial competency than females in two of the 20 competencies, namely ‘resilience’ and ‘decision making’. Female managers rated themselves as having better managerial competency than males in ‘sensitivity’, which follows the social norm of what is expected of a woman. It was also found that both groups scored high in decision making, reflecting traditional virtues of construction managers as decisive and active. The most important result is not the differences but the many similarities between women and men working as managers in the construction industry. Thus, it is concluded that female managers are as competent as male managers in the Swedish construction industry.
David Arditi; Pernilla Gluch; Marie Holmdahl. Managerial competencies of female and male managers in the Swedish construction industry. Construction Management and Economics 2013, 31, 979 -990.
AMA StyleDavid Arditi, Pernilla Gluch, Marie Holmdahl. Managerial competencies of female and male managers in the Swedish construction industry. Construction Management and Economics. 2013; 31 (9):979-990.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Arditi; Pernilla Gluch; Marie Holmdahl. 2013. "Managerial competencies of female and male managers in the Swedish construction industry." Construction Management and Economics 31, no. 9: 979-990.
A LimesNet mission to Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, is reported in this paper. The aim of the mission was to explore new ways of exploiting the untapped potential of life-cycle assessment, its application in the civil engineering and construction industries and, specifically, to debate the associated trade-off decisions for reinforced concrete structures (buildings and civil engineering). Life-cycle assessment is an important tool in sustainable design; engineers need robust life-cycle assessment data and must balance this with operational performance considerations (e.g. energy consumption, durability). Through the mission it was clear that much could be learned from the Swedish experience. The UK team noted the importance of life-cycle assessment studies which allow building performance and construction products to be benchmarked and the role of emerging European standards (e.g. product category rules for construction and the development of environmental product declarations). Valuable lessons exist for consulting engineers and materials manufacturers, and there is a need for the greater inclusion of life-cycle assessment skills in the civil engineering education curriculum. A LimesNet mission to Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, is reported in this paper. The aim of the mission was to explore new ways of exploiting the untapped potential of life-cycle assessment, its application in the civil engineering and construction industries and, specifically, to debate the associated trade-off decisions for reinforced concrete structures (buildings and civil engineering). Life-cycle assessment is an important tool in sustainable design; engineers need robust life-cycle assessment data and must balance this with operational performance considerations (e.g. energy consumption, durability). Through the mission it was clear that much could be learned from the Swedish experience. The UK team noted the importance of life-cycle assessment studies which allow building performance and construction products to be benchmarked and the role of emerging European standards (e.g. product category rules for construction and the development of environmental product declarations). Valuable lessons exist for consulting engineers and materials manufacturers, and there is a need for the greater inclusion of life-cycle assessment skills in the civil engineering education curriculum.
Jacqueline Glass; Tom Dyer; Costas Georgopoulos; Chris Goodier; Kevin Paine; Tony Parry; Henrikke Baumann; Pernilla Gluch. Future use of life-cycle assessment in civil engineering. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials 2013, 166, 204 -212.
AMA StyleJacqueline Glass, Tom Dyer, Costas Georgopoulos, Chris Goodier, Kevin Paine, Tony Parry, Henrikke Baumann, Pernilla Gluch. Future use of life-cycle assessment in civil engineering. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials. 2013; 166 (4):204-212.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacqueline Glass; Tom Dyer; Costas Georgopoulos; Chris Goodier; Kevin Paine; Tony Parry; Henrikke Baumann; Pernilla Gluch. 2013. "Future use of life-cycle assessment in civil engineering." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials 166, no. 4: 204-212.
Kjerstin Ludvig; Ann-Charlotte Stenberg; Pernilla Gluch. The value of communicative skills for developing an energy strategy. Building Research & Information 2013, 41, 611 -621.
AMA StyleKjerstin Ludvig, Ann-Charlotte Stenberg, Pernilla Gluch. The value of communicative skills for developing an energy strategy. Building Research & Information. 2013; 41 (6):611-621.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKjerstin Ludvig; Ann-Charlotte Stenberg; Pernilla Gluch. 2013. "The value of communicative skills for developing an energy strategy." Building Research & Information 41, no. 6: 611-621.
Within the field of sustainable development, collaborative and interdisciplinary actions are imperative for the development and implementation of proactive holistic renovation solutions. In an attempt to enhance cross-disciplinary and inter-organisational knowledge sharing, a project aimed at developing an arena for sharing knowledge pertaining to energy-efficient renovations of multi-family buildings was initiated. The authors have followed the development and implementation of this knowledge arena over a period of three years. The aim of this paper is to understand how knowledge sharing between different professional groups and practices may be facilitated: in this case between various research organisations, municipal housing companies, energy suppliers and governmental organisations. Specific focus has been on identifying mechanisms for interaction and knowledge sharing between actors that normally do not meet in their everyday practice. The theoretical approach adopted concerns social processes related to the sharing of knowledge in and between organisations and professional groups and individuals. Findings show that in the arena knowledge was mainly shared within a pilot project where researchers and practitioners were jointly engaged in the planning and renovation of a building. Interaction within the arena was enabled by the individuals' mutual willingness to adapt and attempt to translate the disciplinary discourses and modes of communication of researchers and of practitioner specialists. Moreover, the motivation to share knowledge was related to their expectations of, and invested interest in, various arena activities. By empirically highlighting the facilitators and hindrances for knowledge-sharing in an arena for cleaner production, the paper contributes to increased understanding of inter-disciplinary communication and collaborative interaction.
Pernilla Gluch; Karin Johansson; Christine Räisänen. Knowledge sharing and learning across community boundaries in an arena for energy efficient buildings. Journal of Cleaner Production 2012, 48, 232 -240.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Karin Johansson, Christine Räisänen. Knowledge sharing and learning across community boundaries in an arena for energy efficient buildings. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2012; 48 ():232-240.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Karin Johansson; Christine Räisänen. 2012. "Knowledge sharing and learning across community boundaries in an arena for energy efficient buildings." Journal of Cleaner Production 48, no. : 232-240.
Pernilla Gluch; Christine Räisänen. What tensions obstruct an alignment between project and environmental management practices? Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 2012, 19, 127 -140.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch, Christine Räisänen. What tensions obstruct an alignment between project and environmental management practices? Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 2012; 19 (2):127-140.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch; Christine Räisänen. 2012. "What tensions obstruct an alignment between project and environmental management practices?" Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 19, no. 2: 127-140.
Previous research suggests that construction industry companies use relatively little formal managerial procedures when managing knowledge. Instead, many construction companies are relying on informal networks and social capital as conduits for the sharing of knowledge. However, objects play an important role in organizations as vehicles for the sharing of knowledge. The use of platforms, standardized packages of prescribed components, routines and practices, in a major Scandinavian construction company (SCC), demonstrates that platforms are potentially useful when sharing and accumulating knowledge. The platform concept is a boundary object integrating various functions and activities and standardizing work procedures while at the same time leaving some room for contingencies and local conditions. SCC's use of platforms contributes to the understanding of knowledge sharing practices by emphasizing the role of formally enacted objects and tools and by underlining the need for bridging and bonding the stocks and flows of knowledge in construction companies.Platforms, knowledge sharing, boundary objects, construction,
Alexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. Managing knowledge in platforms: boundary objects and stocks and flows of knowledge. Construction Management and Economics 2010, 28, 589 -599.
AMA StyleAlexander Styhre, Pernilla Gluch. Managing knowledge in platforms: boundary objects and stocks and flows of knowledge. Construction Management and Economics. 2010; 28 (6):589-599.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. 2010. "Managing knowledge in platforms: boundary objects and stocks and flows of knowledge." Construction Management and Economics 28, no. 6: 589-599.
Using a practice lens perspective, the environmental professional's role is examined in relation to social practices in construction projects. Drawing on several case studies of environmental management, the findings show that contradictory practices prevent environmental professionals from fulfilling their expected role and function. Different world‐views and communication cultures as well as a perception of environmental management as bureaucratic nit‐picking, create tensions between environmental work and project practice. Dealing with these tensions, environmental professionals develop alternative identities to adapt to the different situations that they find themselves in, i.e. formal roles in accordance with their job description and informal roles to suit different project practices. However, this strategy seems to result in further fragmentation between existing practices, creating barriers between professions. The study reveals four aspects that affect the professional's role: relational and positional power, professional identity, visibility, and the facilitation of meaning‐making processes in the project context. The research approach taken has created an opportunity to closely follow the development of an emerging profession in construction, opening a window that allows connecting a local and situational context to a wider societal discourse of environmentalism.
Pernilla Gluch. Unfolding roles and identities of professionals in construction projects: exploring the informality of practices. Construction Management and Economics 2009, 27, 959 -968.
AMA StylePernilla Gluch. Unfolding roles and identities of professionals in construction projects: exploring the informality of practices. Construction Management and Economics. 2009; 27 (10):959-968.
Chicago/Turabian StylePernilla Gluch. 2009. "Unfolding roles and identities of professionals in construction projects: exploring the informality of practices." Construction Management and Economics 27, no. 10: 959-968.
Architects are a professional group that is commonly associated with creative and aesthetic work and with strong professional norms, values and identities. While such shared norms and beliefs are positive overall in terms of being constitutive of professional subject‐positions, an overemphasis on specific skills and qualities may also be regarded as a burden on members of the professional community. A study of a major Scandinavian architect office suggests that the perceived lack of creative and innovative thinking and accompanying dialogues and discussions among practising architects tends to produce cynicism and, to some extent, disappointment. As a consequence, professional ideologies may in some cases be out of joint with everyday work realities, and thereby to some extent produce expectations that are complicated to fulfil. Professional ideologies are thus both what integrates and consolidates a profession while at the same time prescribing ideal future scenarios for the professional community.
Alexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. Creativity and Its Discontents: Professional Ideology and Creativity in Architect Work. Creativity and Innovation Management 2009, 18, 224 -233.
AMA StyleAlexander Styhre, Pernilla Gluch. Creativity and Its Discontents: Professional Ideology and Creativity in Architect Work. Creativity and Innovation Management. 2009; 18 (3):224-233.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. 2009. "Creativity and Its Discontents: Professional Ideology and Creativity in Architect Work." Creativity and Innovation Management 18, no. 3: 224-233.
Visual representations and knowledge-intensive work: The case of architect work
Alexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. Visual representations and knowledge‐intensive work. VINE 2009, 39, 108 -124.
AMA StyleAlexander Styhre, Pernilla Gluch. Visual representations and knowledge‐intensive work. VINE. 2009; 39 (2):108-124.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlexander Styhre; Pernilla Gluch. 2009. "Visual representations and knowledge‐intensive work." VINE 39, no. 2: 108-124.