Enthusiasm, commitment and project alliancing: An Australian experience

Construction Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-31

  Walker, D H T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Commitment; Enthusiasm; Project alliancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844445768     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170210814667     Document Type: Article

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