What is Negotiation's impact on disputes related to contracts in the construction industry in Dublin in the last five years? To determine if Negotiation is more effective than alternative dispute resolution methods in the construction industry in Dublin

Abstract

Ireland has become a booming economy in recent years; simultaneously; the construction industry is growing, creating innovation and giving a new face to Dublin. Therefore, too many people are involved in this industry, and conflicts come up due to many reasons during the process of any project; more details of the grounds will be exposed in the first and next chapter. The principal objective of this study isto investigate the impact of negotiation on disputes related to contracts in the construction industry in Dublin, Ireland, during the last five years based on experiences and understating of the participants that took part in this study as well the structure of those life experiences and finally recommended an effective dispute resolution process in the construction industry. The secondary objectives are; to contrast Negotiation and a method of dispute resolution to alternative dispute resolution techniques, to determine if negotiation is more effective than alternative dispute resolution methods, to recommend an effective dispute resolution process in the construction industry related to contracts in Dublin. The literature review explains the reasons why conflict can come up in the construction industry and how that affect the scope of the projects, and that was the basis to proceed with the primary research in order to determine if negotiation is more effective than other alternatives dispute resolution. This research focused on the interpretivism philosophy to produce results from the collected data as well the study took an inductive approach to create a theory; the survey strategy was used to get primary data from people working in the construction industry with enough experience in the field, mono-method was used to collect qualitative data, this research was cross-sectional because the study implies observations in precisely period of time of the last five years in Dublin and used non-probability sampling