Building a relational contracting culture and integrated teams

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-88

  Rahman, M Motiar ^a,b   Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a   Ling, Florence Yean Yng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction; Culture; Integration; Relational contracting; Singapore; Team building

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

RELATIONAL CONTRACTING; TEAM-BUILDING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CULTURE; INCENTIVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34250195719     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-119     Document Type: Article

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