Towards a social network theory of project governance

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 927-939

  Pryke, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Intra coalition networks; Procurement; Project management; Social network analysis (SNA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; FINANCE; PURCHASING;

INTRA-COALITION NETWORKS; PROCUREMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 29244438162     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500184196     Document Type: Article

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