Using digital socialization to support geographically dispersed AEC project teams

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 462-473

  El Tayeh, Amjad ^a   Gil, Nuno ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction management; Project management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

ASYNCHRONOUS SOCIALIZATION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248570113     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:6(462)     Document Type: Article

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