Occupational stereotypes in the construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-566

  Loosemore, Martin ^a   Tan, Chin Chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Communication; Conflict; Culture; Stereotypes; Values

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDES; BELIEFS; CONFLICT; STEREOTYPES; VALUES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0345325886     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900407365     Document Type: Article

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