Incorporating contractual incentives to facilitate relational contracting

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-66

  Ling, Florence Yean Yng ^a   Rahman, M Motiar ^b   Ng, Tiong Lian ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Institute of Technical Education   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contract management; Contracts; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTUAL INCENTIVES; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; SINGAPORE;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 33646592202     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2006)132:1(57)     Document Type: Article

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