INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY I perform research on the use and management of Information and Communication Technology in different contexts like high-tech industry, project-based industry and construction industry. My research focuses on: Development of practices and roles in ICT use Professional 3D-Virtual Worlds in cooperation with Aalto University, Finland. Building Information Modeling (BIM) Management in the construction industry. Here we focus primarily on Managerial and Organizational aspects of BIM. Cooperation with Construction Management, Visualization, Chalmers, BimLabs, Sweden and CMB companies in the Think-Tank initiative on ‘MANAGING BIM’. More publications can be found on my Google Scholar Profile: Petra Bosch Selected publications Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., A. Isaksson, M. Lennartsson, H. Linderoth (2017). Barriers and Facilitators for BIM Use Among Swedish Medium-Sized Contractors - "We wait until someone tells us to use it". in Visualization in Engineering, 5 (3): DOI: 10.1186/s40327-017-0040-7 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & P. Gluch (2016). Interrelation of emerging professionals and institutional processes in project based environments: An institutional work perspective. EGOS 2016 conference, Naples, 5-7 July 2016 Isaksson, A., Linderoth, H., Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., & Lennartson, M. (2016). BIM use in the production process among medium sized contractors – A survey of Swedish medium sized contractors. ICCCBE2016, 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Osaka, Japan. Johansson, M., M. Roupé, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2015). Real time visualization of building information models. Automation in Construction, 54: 69-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2015.03.018 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & J. Bosch (2015) User involvement throughout the innovation process in high-tech industries. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32 (5): 793-807. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12233 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & J. Haapamäki (2014). “Perceived enablers of 3D virtual environments for virtual team learning and innovation,” Computers in Human Behavior, special issue on Web-2.0 technologies in support of open, team-based learning and innovation, 37 (August): 395-401. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.035 Hakonen, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2014). Virtual worlds enabling distributed collaboration. Journal of Virtual World Research, 7 (3). http://dx.doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v7i3.6158. Roupé, M., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema & M. Johansson (2014). Interactive navigation interface for Virtual Reality using the human body. Journal Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 43: 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.10.003 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., & L-H. Henriksson (2014). Managing projects with distributed and embedded knowledge through interactions, International Journal of Project Management, 32(6): 1432-1444. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.02.005. Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. (2013). New ICT changes working routines in construction design projects. Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) Iceland, August 2013 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & A. Sivunen (2013). “Professional Virtual Worlds supporting computer-mediated communication, collaboration and training in geographically distributed contexts,” IEEE transactions on Professional Communication, 56 (2): 160-175. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2012.2237256. Hislop, D., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema, A. Zimmermann (2013). Introduction for special themed section: information and communication technologies and the work–life boundary. New Technology, Work And Employment, 28 (3): 177-178. DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12015 Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & A. Sivunen (2013). “Professional Virtual Worlds supporting computer-mediated communication, collaboration and training in geographically distributed contexts,” IEEE transactions on Professional Communication, 56 (2): 160-175. 10.1109/TPC.2012.2237256 Hakonen, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2012). Virtual worlds as media for learning in distributed work. Proceedings of Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, presented at 12-14 March 2012, Prague, Czech Republic 

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

I perform research on the use and management of Information and Communication Technology in different contexts like high-tech industry, project-based industry and construction industry. My research focuses on:

•Development of practices and roles in ICT use
•Professional 3D-Virtual Worlds in cooperation with Aalto University, Finland.
•Building Information Modeling (BIM) Management in the construction industry. Here we focus primarily on Managerial and Organizational aspects of BIM. Cooperation with Construction Management, Visualization, Chalmers, BimLabs, Sweden and CMB companies in the Think-Tank initiative on ‘MANAGING BIM’.

More publications can be found on my Google Scholar Profile: Petra Bosch

Selected publications

1.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., A. Isaksson, M. Lennartsson, H. Linderoth (2017). Barriers and Facilitators for BIM Use Among Swedish Medium-Sized Contractors - "We wait until someone tells us to use it". in Visualization in Engineering, 5 (3): DOI: 10.1186/s40327-017-0040-7
2.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & P. Gluch (2016). Interrelation of emerging professionals and institutional processes in project based environments: An institutional work perspective. EGOS 2016 conference, Naples, 5-7 July 2016
3.Isaksson, A., Linderoth, H., Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., & Lennartson, M. (2016). BIM use in the production process among medium sized contractors – A survey of Swedish medium sized contractors. ICCCBE2016, 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Osaka, Japan.
4.Johansson, M., M. Roupé, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2015). Real time visualization of building information models. Automation in Construction, 54: 69-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2015.03.018
5.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & J. Bosch (2015) User involvement throughout the innovation process in high-tech industries. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32 (5): 793-807. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12233
6.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & J. Haapamäki (2014). “Perceived enablers of 3D virtual environments for virtual team learning and innovation,” Computers in Human Behavior, special issue on Web-2.0 technologies in support of open, team-based learning and innovation, 37 (August): 395-401. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.035
7.Hakonen, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2014). Virtual worlds enabling distributed collaboration. Journal of Virtual World Research, 7 (3). http://dx.doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v7i3.6158.
8.Roupé, M., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema & M. Johansson (2014). Interactive navigation interface for Virtual Reality using the human body. Journal Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 43: 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.10.003
9.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., & L-H. Henriksson (2014). Managing projects with distributed and embedded knowledge through interactions, International Journal of Project Management, 32(6): 1432-1444. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.02.005.
10.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. (2013). New ICT changes working routines in construction design projects. Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) Iceland, August 2013
11. Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & A. Sivunen (2013). “Professional Virtual Worlds supporting computer-mediated communication, collaboration and training in geographically distributed contexts,” IEEE transactions on Professional Communication, 56 (2): 160-175. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2012.2237256.
12.Hislop, D., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema, A. Zimmermann (2013). Introduction for special themed section: information and communication technologies and the work–life boundary. New Technology, Work And Employment, 28 (3): 177-178. DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12015
13.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M. & A. Sivunen (2013). “Professional Virtual Worlds supporting computer-mediated communication, collaboration and training in geographically distributed contexts,” IEEE transactions on Professional Communication, 56 (2): 160-175. 10.1109/TPC.2012.2237256
14. Hakonen, M. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2012). Virtual worlds as media for learning in distributed work. Proceedings of Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, presented at 12-14 March 2012, Prague, Czech Republic