Journal of Management in Engineering
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EISSN:1943-5479|ISSN:0742-597X|Disc:The Journal of Management in Engineering offers an avenue for researchers and practitioners to present contemporary issues associated with management and leadership for the civil engineer. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers, case studies, technical notes, and discussions of interest to the practice of civil engineering. Management and leadership issues include contract management, project management, partnering, office management, professional practice and development, financial management, human resources management, marketing and sales, ethics, technology and innovation management, information management, continuing education, organizational theory, strategic planning, conflict management, negotiating, risk management, globalization, networking, change management, teamwork, team building, communication, mentoring, coaching, and diversity. Papers discussing legislative and regulatory issues, corporate and public policy, and the role of civil engineering in the political process at all levels of government are welcomed. Interdisciplinary studies and collaborations are encouraged. Theoretical papers submitted for publication should preferably include real-world applications of the techniques|Priority:6|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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How to Build Interorganizational Trust in Construction Projects: A Meta-Analysis on Three Trust-Building Mechanisms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Trust plays a crucial role in interorganizational transactions by reducing transaction costs and fostering cooperation. How to build trust between transaction parties has drawn scholars’ attention from various research ... -
Social Conflicts in South Korean Public Construction Projects: Insights Using a Large Language Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Public construction projects often encounter social conflicts when project complexity increases and diverse stakeholder concerns arise, such as environmental, economic, and route-selection issues. Social conflicts that ... -
Developing a Fatigue Model for Construction Workers: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction industry is one of the most hazardous sectors worldwide, with extremely high rates of occupational deaths and injuries. Worker fatigue, caused by undertaking physically demanding tasks in awkward working ... -
Understanding Hazard Recognition Behaviors through Situational Awareness Assessment in Virtual Construction Environments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Effective safety management at construction sites requires accurate hazard recognition. However, previous research studies have revealed a significant proportion of hazards remain unrecognized. Poor hazard recognition may ... -
Stress-Testing the Functionality of Healthcare Infrastructure Systems: Percolation Analysis on Network Flows
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Integrating individual healthcare infrastructures into a coordinated network is crucial for improving emergency response capabilities within healthcare systems. During disasters or other disruptive events, this network can ... -
Construction Delay Prediction Model Using a Relationship-Aware Multihead Graph Attention Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Existing machine learning (ML) delay prediction models cannot process dependencies among the construction progress records. This study investigates graph attention networks (GAT) incorporating multihead attention mechanisms ... -
Preliminary Cost Estimation of Pavement Maintenance Projects through Machine Learning: Emphasis on Trees Algorithms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accurate cost estimation is crucial for developing cost-effective pavement maintenance plans, but it remains challenging, particularly during the preliminary stage due to limited project information. The objective of this ... -
Prioritizing Highway Restoration Following Flood Inundations: An Integrated Accessibility-Driven Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Climate change has led to increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events worldwide, making cities more vulnerable to urban flooding. While the direct impacts of flooding on safety and property damage have ... -
Resolving the Tension between Vertical and Shared Leadership in Construction Project Teams: A Congruence Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Many existing studies have separately explored the effectiveness of vertical leadership (VL) and shared leadership (SL) in project teams. Despite the growing dual emphasis on VL and SL in the contemporary construction ... -
Retracted: Analyzing Causes for Reworking Construction Using a Modified Delphi Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Rework is a persistent challenge in construction projects, significantly affecting project performance and remaining a major focus for research. The problem addressed in this study is the lack of a systematic framework for ... -
Machine Learning–Enhanced Recurrent Event Modeling for Change Order Recurrence in Highway Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Change orders are a persistent challenge in construction projects, often resulting in substantial schedule delays and budget overruns. This study examined the recurrence of change orders by analyzing 1,182 change orders ... -
Impact of Project Managers’ Contingent Reward Leadership Style on Performance of BIM Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)As the construction industry increasingly adopts building information modeling (BIM), identifying effective leadership styles for BIM project management is crucial for project success. Although traditional leadership styles ... -
Antecedents to Moving Forward: Impact of Multiple Stakeholder Relationship Networks on Operational Resilience in Cross-Border Critical Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Amid high uncertainties and frequent disruptions, cross-border critical infrastructure systems (CBCIS) encounter significant operational challenges. Resilient CBCIS are essential for maintaining operational safety and ... -
Investigated Predictors of Construction Workers’ Ongoing Fatigue: Random Forest Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction industry has a higher rate of occupational injuries due to human error than other industries, primarily because of its labor-intensive nature. Human error is often associated with workers’ ongoing fatigue. ... -
Artificial Intelligence–Driven Contractual Conflict Management in the AEC Industry: Mapping Benefits, Practice, Readiness, and Ethical Implementation Strategies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Contracting parties in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry often miss out on the benefits of constructive contractual conflicts and instead face adverse outcomes due to destructive ones. Studies ... -
Construction Quality Risk Assessment Models for Justifying Inherent Defects Insurance: Quantified Evidence from Big Data in Court Cases
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)An accurate risk assessment of construction quality helps in project selection and management for inherent defects insurance (IDI). However, existing quality risk-assessment studies often relied heavily on expert opinions ... -
Public Responses to Operator Information Disclosure in Urban Infrastructure Accidents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)With an increasing number of infrastructure accidents due to natural or manmade disasters, robust emergency management protocols and transparent communication strategies for public expectation have become the subjects of ... -
Primary Risks for Delays and Cost Overruns in the Construction of Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Peru
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Delays and cost overruns are common problems in construction projects that may jeopardize construction completion when actual construction times and costs substantially differ from estimates in the planning stage. This ... -
Beyond Compliance: A Two-Axis Model of Design for Safety Implementation in Mandatory Contexts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction industry has persistently high accident rates, underscoring the urgent need for effective risk mitigation during the design phase. Design for safety (DfS) regulations are intended to eliminate or reduce ... -
Examining Critical Factors Affecting Urban Highway Construction Contract Times
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Despite extensive research to identify internal factors influencing highway infrastructure improvement projects’ contract time determination (CTD), definitive information regarding the comprehensive factors affecting urban ...