Motivation, commitment and the use of incentives in partnerships and alliances

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 587-598

  Bresnen, Mike ^a   Marshall, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliancing; Commitment; Incentives; Motivation; Partnering

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ALLIANCING; CASE-STUDIES; COMMITMENT; INCENTIVES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PARTNERING; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 0000665914     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900407392     Document Type: Article

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