Current barriers and possible solutions to effective project team formation and deployment within a large construction organisation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Raiden, Ani B ^a   Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Neale, Richard H ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Employee involvement; Human resource information system; Human resource management; Teams

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 1642487664     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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