Is there a relationship between construction conflicts and participants' satisfaction?

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-167

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Liu, Anita M M ^b   Ng, S Thomas ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Conflict resolution; Construction industry; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HONG KONG;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 18844379685     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980510584494     Document Type: Review

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