TY - BOOK AU - Cheung,Sai On ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Construction Dispute Research Expanded T2 - Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering , SN - 9783030802561 AV - K891.B8 PY - 2022/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Building laws KW - Construction industry—Management KW - Building Law for Engineers and Architects KW - Construction Management KW - Construction contracts KW - Dispute resolution (Law) KW - Mediation N1 - Part A: Bias in construction dispute decisions -- Part B: Impediments against settlement -- Part C: Paradigm Shift: from resolution to avoidance N2 - As an expansion of the book “Construction Dispute Research” published in 2014, this book presents further contributions and breaks into three new research foci in construction dispute studies. Part A discusses the conceptualization and minimization of biases in construction dispute decisions; Part B examines other impediments against settlement such as inequity, power asymmetry and loss aversion. Part C focuses on realty check of construction dispute negotiation conditions such as market competition, interdependence of contracting parties and dispute avoidance function of construction incentivization. This book showcases new ideas in construction dispute research. It offers research studies that are theory rich and conducted with robust methodologies. The research implications are practical and implementable. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80256-1 ER -