Impact of stress on the performance of construction project managers

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 644-652

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Chan, Yee Shan ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction management; Managers; Personnel management; Project management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); HEALTH; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGERS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; CONSULTANT FIRMS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN LINE; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); JOB ALLOCATION; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSES; PRIME CONTRACTORS; PUBLIC SECTORS; SOCIAL STRUCTURES; STRESS APPRAISALS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM); TASK PERFORMANCES; TIME PRESSURES; U-SHAPED;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47749097934     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:8(644)     Document Type: Article

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