Procurement effects on trust and control in client-contractor relationships

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-399

  Eriksson, Per Erik ^a   Laan, Albertus ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Partnership; Procurement; Sweden; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTRACTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; THROUGH OUTPUT CONTROL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 34547344418     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980710760694     Document Type: Article

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