The positive use of power on a major construction project

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-44

  Walker, Anthony ^a   Newcombe, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authority; Case study; Hong Kong; Power; Project organization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION;

AUTHORITY; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; HONG-KONG; MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS; POWER; PROJECT ORGANIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1642555614     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370933     Document Type: Article

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