A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Social Value of Indigenous Procurement Policies in the Australian Construction Industry
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Publication Type:
- Chapter
- Citation:
- Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment, 2024, pp. 98-111
- Issue Date:
- 2024
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Australian Governments seek to use indigenous procurement policies (IPPs) to create social value and address Indigenous Australians’ exclusion from the mainstream workforce, including in the construction industry. However, assessing the social value that IPPs create has been limited to economic indicators that have not considered indigenous people’s understanding of social value. In this chapter, an explanatory sequential mixed methods research design was adopted in studying the social value created by IPPs in Australia using an Aboriginal evaluation framework called Ngaa-bi-nya. Furthermore, the chapter outlined how mixed methods evaluation can be used to gain a deeper understanding of the social impacts created by these emerging policies and provide new insights which are valuable to policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in the field of social procurement. Finally, it provided conceptual and practical insights for researchers undertaking community-based research by outlining the methodological options available to perform high-quality research that explains novel social phenomena.
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