Effects of organizational supports on the stress of construction estimation participants

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-93

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b   Skitmore, Martin ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Beijing Institute of Architecture and Engineering   (China)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction management; Contractors; Cost estimation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; COST ESTIMATION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38149107563     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:2(84)     Document Type: Article

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