Empirical investigation of construction contractors' organizational learning

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-391

  Kululanga, G K ^a   Price, A D F ^b   McCaffer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contractors; Learning; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PROCESSES; CONTRACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944259004     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:5(385)     Document Type: Article

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