PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

The construction industry is generally one of the fundamental industries of a country, weighing between
5 to 10% of the gross domestic product. Rapid changes in the construction environment require a great deal of
effort for a company or project manager to maintain the project successfully. To do so, applying performance
management is of crucial importance. Therefore, a systematic literature review was conducted to detect new trends
and highlight the evolvement of this research topic. The conducted bibliometric analysis resulted in 1240 documents
published in Scopus and Web of Science databases in the period from 2000–2021. The bibliometric indicators,
network citations, and multivariate statistical analysis were obtained using JabRef, OpenRefine, Excel, and
VOSviewer tools. The co-occurrence analysis showed three keywords clusters as current research hotspots that
may be considered as potential research topics in the future: (1) value management in the construction industry,
(2) organisation innovation and knowledge management in a particular company, and (3) project management tools
and techniques for a particular construction project.