Planning for claims: An ethnography of industry culture

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 655-662

  Rooke, John ^a   Seymour, David ^b   Fellows, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Claims management; Ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Organizational culture; Procurement

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTRACTORS; VULNERABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

EID: 4043085022     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461904200026324     Document Type: Article

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