Collaboration environments for construction: Implementation case studies

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-244

  Erdogan, Bilge ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^b   Bouchlaghem, Dino ^c   Nielsen, Yasemin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case study; Change management; Construction industry; Human factors; Information technology (IT)

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; CASE STUDY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT; COLLABORATION SYSTEMS; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; END USERS; HUMAN FACTORS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION; IT IMPLEMENTATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; SUCCESS FACTORS; SYSTEMS THINKING; TECHNICAL FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51849110721     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2008)24:4(234)     Document Type: Article

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