A Delphi technique approach of identifying and validating subsidised low-income housing satisfaction indicators
- Authors: Aigbavboa, Clinton
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Delphi technique , Housing satisfaction , Inductive approach
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/364604 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/73318 , uj:18394 , Citation: Aigbavboa, C. 2015. A Delphi technique approach of identifying and validating subsidised low-income housing satisfaction indicators.
- Description: Abstract: This paper reports on the practical experience of the researchers on the adoption of the inductive approach to knowledge diffusion through the use of the Delphi technique approach. The Delphi method is an essential technique of reaching consensus by experts on issues that cannot be resolved in a once off discussion. The research commenced with an extensive review of existing literature in order to identify the core and sub-variables which depicts housing satisfaction, to develop a Delphi questionnaire that was used in the Delphi study. A three iterative round Delphi technique was conducted to attain consensus of the identified housing satisfaction indicators. The experts used for this study were identified from different sources. The sources included the South African institutions of higher learning faculties, research institutes, the South Africa Department of Human Settlement, conference keynote speakers related to housing and human settlement issues in workshops, and individuals who have committed their lives working on the area of sustainable human settlement and housing related issues in South Africa. After three iterative Delphi rounds, consensus was achieved on the identified core-and sub-indicators identified from the literature and other added variables as suggested by the experts during the Delphi process. This study encourage the use of the Delphi technique as a method to achieve consensus in areas where consensus has not been reached such as in housing satisfaction studies to identify indicators for subsidised housing development in South Africa. The author argues that the Delphi method is a comprehensive method of attaining consensus on challenging issues of housing satisfaction; however, the technique requires proper communication management in order to achieve the required results.
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Experience of using Delphi method in construction health and safety research
- Authors: Agumba, Justus , Musonda, Innocent
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Experience , Inductive approach , Health and safety
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/22540 , uj:16207 , Citation: Agumba, J. & Musonda, I. 2013. Experience of using Delphi method in construction health and safety research. In: Ahmed, S.M., Smith, N., Azhar, S., Yaris, C., Shah, A., Farooqui, R. and Pothyress, R. (Eds). Challenges in Innovation, Integration and Collaboration in Construction & Engineering. Proceedings of the 7th International conference on Construction in the 21st Century, Bangkok, 19-21 December, 2013. ISBN:978-0-9894623-0-3
- Description: Abstract: This paper discusses the Delphi method which is an inductive approach to research. It has been argued that Delphi method is an essential vehicle of reaching consensus in issues that cannot be resolved in a once off discussion. This paper reports on the experiences achieved by the authors in using the Delphi method among a group of experienced health and safety (H&S) experts in two separate case studies in the construction industry in South Africa. The first case study used three rounds of iteration whilst the second case study used four rounds of iteration. The authors argue that the Delphi method is a comprehensive method of attaining consensus on challenging issues of H&S in the construction industry. Furthermore the method requires proper communication to achieve the required results.
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