A conceptual model towards the measurement of construction client satisfaction

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1053-1062

  Cheng, Jianxi ^a   Proverbs, David G ^b   Oduoza, Chike ^b   Fleming, Colin ^a  

^a Franklin + Andrews Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impact; Improvement; Literature review; Performance; Strategic decisions

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; IMPROVEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 33751194661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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