Exploring social capital in the construction firm

Building Research and Information

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-244

  Bresnen, Mike ^a   Edelman, Linda ^b   Newell, Sue ^b   Scarbrough, Harry ^c   Swan, Jacky ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Project based learning; Social capital

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROJECT BASED LEARNING; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 19844365456     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210500117853     Document Type: Article

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