Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Dr Rebecca Yang
  Phone   +61 3 522 78747
Email   r.yang@deakin.edu.au
Position   Lecturer in Construction Management
Campus   Waterfront
Research grouping   Construction Management
Computing and Communications

Dr Yang obtained her PhD in Construction Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic. She has a
strong research track record in the areas of stakeholder management, risk management, green
building and Social Network Analysis in construction projects. She is an expert in stakeholder analysis
and engagement, and has manipulated NetMiner, which is a software package for the Social Network
Analysis technology, for more than four years.

Research interests

  1. Stakeholder Management, Community Engagement, Urban Ecologies
  2. Risk Management, Green Building
  3. Decision Making, Relationship Management, Social Network Analysis


Career

BS CM, M CM, Department of Construction and Real Estate, The Harbin Institute of Technology, China
PhD, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Research Associate, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Quantity Surveyor, China Construction (South Pacific) Development pte Lte. Co,, Singapore

Key publications

Yang, J., Shen, Q.P., Drew, S.D. and Ho, M.F. (2010) Critical Success Factors for Stakeholder Management: Construction Practitioners’ Perspectives ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 136(7), 778-786 USA

Yang, J., Shen, Q.P. and Ho, M.F. (2009) An Overview of Previous Studies in Stakeholder Management & Its implications for Construction Industry Journal of Facilities Management 7(2), 159-175 UK

Yang, J., Shen, Q.P., Ho, M.F., Drew, S.D. and Chan, A.P.C. (2009) Exploring Critical Success Factors for Stakeholder Management in Construction Projects Journal of Civil Engineering and Management 15(4), 337-348 Lithuania

Yang, J., Shen, Q.P., Ho, M.F., Drew, S.D. and Xue, X.L. (2011) Stakeholder Management in Construction: Research Limitations and Empirical Studies International Journal of Project Management 29(7), , 900-910. ELSEVIER

Yang, J., Shen, Q.P., Bourne, L., Ho, M.F. and Xue, X.L. (2011) A Typology of Operational Approaches for Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement for Practitioners Construction Management and Economics 29(2), , 145-162. UK

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Professional activities

CI, Analyzing stakeholder-organization relationships in major construction projects: a social network approach, Hong Kong General Research Fund for 2012 / 2013, RGC, HKD700,000, ongoing
CI, Managing Stakeholder-associated Risks in Large-Scale Real Estate Development Projects, Internal Grant of University of Canberra, $4,969, ongoing
CI, Evaluation of Leaders for Geelong Program from Stakeholders’ Perspective, Committee for Geelong, $10,000, ongoing
Investigator, VISION 2- – Geelong CBD redevelopment project, Regional Development Victoria ,$150,000, ongoing
PI, Overseas collaborative funding, $5,000

 

Teaching areas

Project Managment, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management


Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

8th February 2013