Critical stressors influencing construction estimators in Hong Kong

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Ng, S Thomas ^b   Skitmore, Martin ^c   Cheung, Sai On ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction; Cost estimators; Hong Kong; Stress; Stressors; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

CRITICAL STRESSORS; OVERLOADS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944262538     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190410001678099     Document Type: Article

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