TY - CONF TI - Untangling the Concepts of Value and Values C1 - Lille, France C3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) SP - 572 EP - 583 PY - 2023 DO - 10.24928/2023/0178 AU - Drevland, Frode AU - Lohne, Jardar AD - Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, +47 920 64 262, frode.drevland@ntnu.no, orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-1564 AD - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), jardar.lohne@ntnu.no, orcid.org/0000-0002-2135- 3468 AB - The concept of value is widely used in lean construction (LC) literature, but researchers and practitioners lack a common understanding of the term. This is partially due to confusion between value (singular) and values (plural), which are two different concepts. This paper aims to provide a clear and concise understanding of the two concepts of value and values, separating them from each other and explaining their relationship. Furthermore, the paper discusses and exemplifies what these two concepts themselves entail. In doing so, the paper also introduces new terminology relevant for understanding and describing value and values in construction projects. Finally, the paper concludes that value and values research should be more precise in terminology than current literature. KW - Value KW - values KW - lean construction PB - T2 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) DA - 2023/06/26 CY - Lille, France L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2115/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2115 N1 - Export Date: 24 April 2025 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -