%T Identifying barriers in lean implementation in the construction industry %A Sevilay Demirkesen %A Nadia Wachter %A Svenja Oprach %A et al. %I 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC), 3-5 July 2019, Dublin, Ireland %D 2019 %K Lean thinking, %K Questionnaire survey, %K Barriers to work, %K Organisational culture, %K Productivity %P 157-168 %R 10.24928/2019/0151 %U https://apo.org.au/node/307677 %X It is of utmost importance to identify factors which lead to poor management in Lean construction activities. This paper proposes that lack of ‘top management support’, ‘misperception about Lean practices’, and ‘lack of information sharing and integrated change control’ are the top three barriers for Lean implementation. %9 Conference paper