Trust in projects: An empirical assessment of owner/contractor relationships

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 638-648

  Pinto, Jeffrey K ^a   Slevin, Dennis P ^b   English, Brent ^c  

^a Department of Management Information Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Owner contractor relationships; Projects; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; OWNER/CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIPS; PATH ANALYSIS; PROJECT CONTRACTORS; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT OWNERS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT TEAM DYNAMICS; PROJECTS; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; TRUST;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 67349240108     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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