Evaluation of factors influencing construction clients' decision to build

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Kometa, S T ^a   Olomolaiye, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL VARIABLES; STRUCTURAL VARIABLES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0031104075     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(1997)13:2(77)     Document Type: Review

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