Interrelations among Leadership Competencies of BIM Leaders: A Fuzzy DEMATEL-ANP Approach

Seyed Armin Mirhosseini, Reza Kiani Mavi, Neda Kiani Mavi, Behzad Abbasnejad and Farzaneh Rayani
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Seyed Armin Mirhosseini: School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
Reza Kiani Mavi: School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University (ECU), 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
Neda Kiani Mavi: School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University (ECU), 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
Behzad Abbasnejad: School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Farzaneh Rayani: School of Urban Designing, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-30

Abstract: The use of new, digitally enabled innovations, such as building information modeling (BIM), raises issues such as the delineation of a competent leader. Even though BIM-based competency assessment models have become essential tools for maximizing the potential values of BIM implementation, the current competency models provide limited focus on leadership aspects that facilitate and enhance the BIM implementation efforts. This paper seeks to identify the specific competencies required for BIM implementation and examines the relationships between these competencies. Thirty-two experts from around the globe investigated a total of 15 leadership competencies under three categories pertaining to intellectual, managerial, and emotional leadership. Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) was implemented to examine the cause-and-effect relationships among the BIM leadership competencies and fuzzy analytic network process (ANP) was performed to weigh those competencies. Findings show that the intellectual competencies act as the cause group, while managerial and emotional competencies are the effect groups. Moreover, the involving leadership is found to be the more suitable leadership style for BIM professionals, given the current capability and maturity levels of BIM implementation, in order to deal with the required changes throughout the BIM implementation process. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in the BIM domain to examine the associated leadership competencies by using the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique. The results of this research show the relative importance of criteria and sub-criteria, which contributes to further improvement of BIM leadership.

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); BIM leader; leadership competencies; fuzzy DEMATEL; fuzzy ANP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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