Faculty Advisors’ Perspectives on the Current State of Construction Honor Societies

9 pages•Published: December 11, 2023

Abstract

The Sigma Lambda Chi International Construction Honor Society (SLC) is the only honor society associated with construction management. A few research studies have been published regarding the benefits, criteria, and motivations of joining an honor society, however, no research has been conducted specifically related to the honor society in the field of construction. This paper summarizes the results of a survey conducted to find out the opinions of SLC chapter advisors on how they perceive multiple factors related to student outcomes, the impact of the pandemic on SLC chapter operations, and both internal and external support for their respective SLC chapters. The outcomes revealed several interesting results regarding the benefits, obstacles, and motivations of advising a Sigma Lambda Chi chapter. The results of this study can help to understand the impact of the pandemic on SLC chapter operations. SLC faculty advisors can have a better understanding of their colleagues’ perspectives, and SLC International Directors and Officers can use the results of this study to help to establish new SLC chapters and to be more supportive of existing SLC chapters and their faculty advisors.

Keyphrases: faculty advisor, honor society, pandemic impact, sigma lambda chi

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). Proceedings of 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 4, pages 308-316.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/cqNb
	https://doi.org/10.29007/tkw4

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2023:Faculty_Advisors_Perspectives_Current,
  author    = {Fan Zhang and Clinton Martin},
  title     = {Faculty Advisors’ Perspectives on the Current State of Construction Honor Societies},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {4},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/cqNb},
  doi       = {10.29007/tkw4},
  pages     = {308-316},
  year      = {2023}}

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