The role of leaders' paradigm in construction industry change

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-10

  Pries, Frens ^a   Doree, André ^b   Van Der Veen, Bas ^c   Vrijhoef, Ruben ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Balance/Result Mgmt Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers to change; Construction industry; Construction management; Innovation; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT PARADIGMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 1142306030     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000186013     Document Type: Article

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