The impact of stress in site management effectiveness

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-293

  Djebarni, Ramdane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Leadership; Site managers; Stress; Stress management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRESSES;

EFFECTIVENESS; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SITE MANAGEMENT; SITE MANAGER; STRESS MANAGEMENT; U-SHAPED;

MANAGERS;

EID: 1842870718     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461996373368     Document Type: Article

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