The role of theory in construction management research: Comment

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Runeson, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0005737919     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997373033     Document Type: Article

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