Exploring the links between task-level automation usage and project satisfaction

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-458

  Yang, Li Ren ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automation; Project; Stakeholder satisfaction; Task; Technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMATION ADOPTION; STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION; STAKEHOLDERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38649126170     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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