Discussing Future Role of Social Media on Construction and Project Management through Evaluation of Students Attitudes

Abstract

It is an undeniable fact that information technologies have changed the classical business habits and brought different effects on various businesses in the last decade. Despite the slow progress of technological adaptation in construction industry, it seems that interest of youngsters, who will continue their professions in construction management field in the future; in using communication tools such as internet and social media will accelerate this period. Therefore, it is not difficult to predict that the construction sector entrepreneurs, who use information networks and social media platforms efficiently, will be able to reach their customers and targets more easily in the future and the companies which cannot integrate will be inevitably unsuccessful. The aim of this study is to discuss the role of social media on the construction and project management field through evaluating students’ attitudes. With the results obtained in this study, a perspective on the attitudes of the new generation stakeholders who will work in the sector was obtained. By looking at these attitudes, innovative steps can be taken for the sector. Especially in the sector, which has a traditional perspective, the way of doing business can evolve in different ways and the integration of the new generation into the sector can be achieved