Antecedents of commitment in construction management

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-127

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Chan, Hubert ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b 2101 Leighton Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Commitment; Construction industry; Professionals

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORRELATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33847631167     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190601061939     Document Type: Article

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