Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economics, Business and Economic Education Science, ICE-BEES 2020, 22-23 July 2020, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Decision-Making Process of Infrastructure Project Selection

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2307870,
        author={Seng  Hansen and Eric  Too and Tiendung  Le},
        title={Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Decision-Making Process of Infrastructure Project Selection},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economics, Business and Economic Education Science, ICE-BEES 2020, 22-23 July 2020, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICE-BEES},
        year={2021},
        month={5},
        keywords={decision-making indonesia influencing factors infrastructure project selection thematic analysis},
        doi={10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2307870}
    }
    
  • Seng Hansen
    Eric Too
    Tiendung Le
    Year: 2021
    Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Decision-Making Process of Infrastructure Project Selection
    ICE-BEES
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2307870
Seng Hansen1,*, Eric Too1, Tiendung Le1
  • 1: RMIT University, Australia
*Contact email: seng.hansen@gmail.com

Abstract

In practice, there are several factors affecting the decision-making process of infrastructure project selection, which may influence the decision makers in making investment decisions. Due to its significance, these influencing factors are explored in this study using a qualitative approach consisting of twenty semi-structured interviews with industry experts in the Indonesian context. Thematic coding analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Thirteen influencing factors have successfully identified and categorized based on their similarities into four groups, namely: personal attributes, cognitive abilities, technical factors, and intervention issues. Understanding these influencing factors is crucial in infrastructure project planning and selection since it will allow the decision makers to identify foreseeable problems and take precautionary steps in order to arrive at sound decisions. Finally, this paper presents the current practice of decision-making process for infrastructure project selection and highlights the influencing factors as an important issue that exists in the current practice.