Moderating effect of organizational learning type on performance improvement

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-172

  Wong, Peter Shek Pui ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^a   Leung, Ka Yan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contracts; Organizations; Performance characteristics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; CORRELATION METHODS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS; DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 45749134258     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2008)24:3(162)     Document Type: Article

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