Contractor as trust initiator in construction partnering - Prisoner's dilemma perspective

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1045-1053

  Wong, Peter S P ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^a   Ho, Peter K M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b 2101 Leighton Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contract management; Contractors; Hong Kong; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTORS; HONG KONG; PARTNERSHIPS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 26644439027     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:10(1045)     Document Type: Article

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