Personality study of construction professionals in the Turkish construction industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 630-634

  Giritli, Heyecan ^a   Civan, Isilay ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HOK Advance Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Architects engineers; Construction industry; Construction management; Data analysis; Performance characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CIVIL ENGINEERS; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; CREATIVE (CO); JOB PERFORMANCE (JP); ONE WAY; TURKISH;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENGINEERS; RESEARCH;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 47749143620     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:8(630)     Document Type: Article

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