Cultural differences as an explanatory variable for adversarial attitudes in the construction industry: The case of Hong Kong

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 777-785

  Phua, Florence T T ^a   Rowlinson, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Construction performance; Individualism; Inter organizational cooperation; Partnering; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE;

CHINA;

EID: 0345415587     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000108245     Document Type: Article

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