Learning approaches for housing, service and infrastructure project organizations

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 857-867

  Knauseder, Ingeborg ^a   Josephson, Per Erik ^a   Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leadership; Organizational learning; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; URBAN PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; INFRASTRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS;

HOUSING;

HOUSING; INFRASTRUCTURE; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 34547975201     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190601164121     Document Type: Article

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