Abstract
This chapter considers the central role of uncertainty for cognition and action in construction project organising with a focus on how project practitioners think about the future. It takes a cognitive approach to uncertainty in the context of a broader information processing approach to decision-making in organisations. The chapter’s main concern is the failure of this approach to connect cognition through to action. The chapter presents the UnCoCoH (Un-Certain Complex Complicated Hidden) model as a tool to assist in recognising the transition from individual cognition to collective action. It also highlights the role of narratives for stabilising uncertainty through this transition. This provides a foundation for working towards the development of a projectivity perspective in construction project organising and advancing a research agenda for this program of research.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A Research Agenda for Construction Management |
| Editors | Roine Leiringer, Andy Dainty |
| Place of Publication | Cheltenham, UKe |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 243–264 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781800375451 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781800375444 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Elgar Research Agendas |
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| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
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