Adoption of reverse logistics in South Australian construction projects: major drivers
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2014
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Hosseini, M.R.
Rameezdeen, R.
Chileshe, N.
Lehmann, S.
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Tamosaitiene, J.
Panuwatwanich, K.
Panuwatwanich, K.
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International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management Proceedings, 2014 / Tamosaitiene, J., Panuwatwanich, K. (ed./s), pp.74-83
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International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management (26 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2014 : Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
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This paper aims to investigate and analyse the perceptions of Australian construction practitioners on drivers for adoption of reverse logistics (RL). To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight practitioners to collect data and the interview transcripts were analysed using the NVivo (version 10) software package. The study takes advantage of integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis of interview transcripts to rank the drivers on the basis of their relative importance. Results suggested that factors associated with regulations and obligations could act as the most important drivers to promote adoption of RL. The drivers associated with financial gains were identified as the second important category of drivers in RL adoption. Furthermore, environmental concerns were regarded as "slightly important" for practitioners in the South Australian construction context. The study concludes with presenting a model mapping the factors affecting the strength of drivers in construction projects in South Australia. Keywords: Adoption, Construction industry, drivers, reverse logistics, South Australia
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Copyright 2014 EPPM-Association