Actor-network theory as a processual approach to understanding collaborative practice in innovative construction supply chains

Zelinna Pablo, Kerry London

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Abstract

![CDATA[In this study we used actor-network theory (ANT) to develop a network-based, processual, heterogeneous view of collaboration in innovative housing construction supply chains. We selected an extreme case involving a supply chain experiencing multiple hindrances to collaboration, and qualitatively analyzed it at different developmental stages. Our findings suggest that ANT offers a fine-grained analysis that surfaces chains of conditions leading to successful collaboration, as well as tensions in collaboration (between integration and exclusion, disruption and stabilization) often overlooked by functional perspectives. We also argue that ANT’s ontological assumptions about networks lead us to interrogate widely-held assumptions about collaboration itself. This leads to a broader conceptualization of collaboration that embraces, among other things, nonhumans as participants in collaborative work.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 30th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2016): Under New Management: Innovating for Sustainable and Just Futures, 6-9 December 2016, School of Management, QUT Business School, Brisbane, Australia
PublisherANZAM
Number of pages19
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventAustralian and New Zealand Academy of Management. International Conference -
Duration: 6 Dec 2016 → …

Conference

ConferenceAustralian and New Zealand Academy of Management. International Conference
Period6/12/16 → …

Keywords

  • lean manufacturing
  • actor-network theory

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