Reconstructing cultures for relational contracting

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1065-1075

  Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a   Rahman, M Motiar ^a   Ling, Florence Yean Yng ^b   Phng, Siew Ting ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Quantity Surveyor ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contractors; Contracts; Hong Kong; Procurement; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS;

CONTRACTORS; HONG KONG; PROCUREMENT; SINGAPORE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 26644465080     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:10(1065)     Document Type: Article

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