Trust in Construction Projects- Front Cover -- Trust in Construction Projects -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Research background -- Introduction -- The main project parties -- Outline of the four stages of empirical research -- Book outline -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Why trust matters in construction projects -- Introduction -- What is trust? -- The epistemology of trust -- Dynamics of trust -- Literature analysis of trust in leading construction management journals -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The New Institutional Economics -- Introduction -- The foundation of New Institutional Economics -- The principal-agent theory and information asymmetry -- The principal-agent theory framework for construction projects -- Examples of information asymmetry from construction management practice -- Literature analysis of New Institutional Economics -- Literature analysis of the principal-agent theory -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The role of project managers in construction projects -- Introduction -- Exploratory survey of communication risk in construction projects -- The Delphi study -- Conclusion -- Appendix 4.1: survey questionnaire -- Survey questions -- Appendix 4.2: second Delphi round -- Appendix 4.3: third Delphi round -- Chapter 5: The role of trust in construction projects -- Introduction -- Communication risk-minimisation strategies -- Risk-minimisation strategies and project managers' experience -- Conclusion -- Appendix 5.1: survey questionnaire -- Survey questions -- Appendix 5.2: examples of charts depicting relationships, strategies, and dimensions of experience.