Chinese culture and successful implementation of partnering in Singapore's construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 619-632

  Kwan, A Y ^a   Ofori, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business partices; Chinese culture; Construction industry; Partnering; Singapore

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; SURVEYING;

CONTRACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035479241     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190110062087     Document Type: Article

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