Understanding and mitigating challenges on global projects: The role of the freelance expatriate

Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 501-511

  Mahalingam, Ashwin ^a   Levitt, Raymond E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict Mitigation; Freelancers; Global Projects; Institutional Differences; Strategies

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MITIGATION; FREELANCERS; GLOBAL PROJECTS; INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES; STRATEGIES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27644573337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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