Decisions with moral content: Collusion

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-111

  Zarkada Fraser, Anna ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Collusion; Ethics; Moral decision making; Tendering

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ETHICAL ASPECTS;

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOURAL INTENT; COLLUSION; DECISION MAKERS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INTEGRAL PART; REGULATORY PRESSURE; TENDERING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0442294624     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370997     Document Type: Article

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