Critical COMs of success in large-scale construction projects: Evidence from Thailand construction industry

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-430

  Toor, Shamas ur Rehman ^a   Ogunlana, Stephen O ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Critical COMs; Large scale projects; Success factors; Thailand

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAKEHOLDERS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 44049107957     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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