Electronic communication systems effects on the success of construction projects in United Arab Emirates

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-138

  El Saboni, M ^a   Aouad, G ^a   Sabouni, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALHOSN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Construction project success; Electronic communication; Organisational transformation; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACTION RESEARCHES; AND ENVIRONMENTS; CASE STUDIES; COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SUCCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONS; DOCUMENT REVIEWS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; HEALTH SAFETIES; INTERACTIVE TOOLS; LITERATURE SURVEYS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROJECT CONTROLS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS; PROJECT STRUCTURES; PROJECT SUCCESSES; PROJECTS SUCCESSES; RESEARCH RESULTS; TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION MEDIAS; UAE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57549090421     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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