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Enabling construction innovation: the role of a no-blame culture as a collaboration behavioural driver in project alliances

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  • Beverley M. Lloyd-walker
  • Anthony John Mills
  • Derek H.T. Walker

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A no-blame culture is widely accepted as a collaboration driver yet we see surprisingly scant literature on the theoretical underpinnings for the construction and project management context. A no-blame culture in project alliances, as conducted in Australasia, promotes innovative thinking in action. Innovation is dependent upon collaboration and true collaboration is inextricably linked with behavioural drivers. Foremost of these is a culture of openness and willingness to share the pain and gain from experimentation, one that requires that collaborators be protected from the threat of being blamed and held accountable for experimental failure. The Australasian project alliance procurement form has a unique 'no-blame' behavioural contract clause that can result in the type of breakthrough thinking crucial in developing a collaborative culture where innovation can evolve through a process of trial and error.

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  • Beverley M. Lloyd-walker & Anthony John Mills & Derek H.T. Walker, 2014. "Enabling construction innovation: the role of a no-blame culture as a collaboration behavioural driver in project alliances," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 229-245, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:32:y:2014:i:3:p:229-245
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2014.892629
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    1. Jean-Charles Fiolet & Carl Haas & Keith Hipel, 2016. "Risk-chasing behaviour in on-site construction decisions," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(12), pages 845-858, December.
    2. Deep Shumank & Asim Mohd & Kesarwani Neeti & Kandpal Shweta, 2018. "Identification of Delay Causing Actor in the Indian Real Estate Project: an AHP-Based Approach," Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, Sciendo, vol. 6(1), pages 116-130, September.
    3. Borg, Lena, 2015. "Good and bad innovations in the housing sector - General background and a policy proposal," Working Paper Series 15/10, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance.
    4. Johan Ninan & Stewart Clegg & Steve Burdon & John Clay, 2023. "Reimagining Infrastructure Megaproject Delivery: An Australia—New Zealand Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-14, February.

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