Student research
APM is keen to support all students at all levels regarding their research into the management of projects.
Our research department encourages students to submit their surveys and would like to see the project management community becoming involved by completing the surveys, if applicable, and answering questions which will assist students in their studies.
Your input will help to develop the knowledge base of project management and drive the profession forward. Please see the Promote your research section below on how to upload your survey.
Disclaimer: Please note that whilst APM are keen to advertise these research opportunities it is the responsibility of each student to follow their University's ethical guidelines.
List of current research by students
The following is a list of current and recent requests from students for assistance and contributions to aid their research activities. Please note that some of these are date sensitive.
Flexible working in Construction Project Management: Sustaining Team cohesiveness
Synopsis
Flexible working appears to be in high demand. Many project organisations that habitually worked exclusively onsite, have begun embracing flexible working to suit the needs of their teams. For this study, flexibility cuts across working from different locations, which includes your employers’ workplace, working remotely, or a hybrid of both. Coupled with its growing demand, the recent outburst of covid-19 had forced many teams into flexible working. The construction industry also had to adapt swiftly to the new requirements and work arrangements. Thus, this research aims to establish the challenges of cohesiveness among construction project teams working in flexible environments and propose solutions in the form of a framework to assist project managers and their teams. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design is adopted to collect data. Based on the feedback analysed from a pilot survey, a revised version has been developed and analysed to subsequently inform questions for semi-structured interviews. nVivo and SPSS are used to identify links between data. It is expected that the research framework will have generic applicability in project management. Recommendations are noted for future research.
Target audience Construction Industry workers, which include but are not limited to Project managers, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors, Engineers, Architects, Designers, and Inventory controllers.
Requirement I am looking for participants involved in construction projects to kindly fill out a survey, and to share it with their wide network.
Survey closing date March 2024