'Cultural' differences in project risk perception: An empirical comparison of China and Canada

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 683-693

  de Camprieu, Renaud ^a   Desbiens, Jacques ^b   Feixue, Yang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conjoint measurement; Cultural differences; Feasibility; Project risk assessment; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CONJOINT MEASUREMENT; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548558721     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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