Resistance to it change in the AEC industry: Are the stereotypes true?

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1324-1333

  Davis, Kirsten A ^a   Songer, Anthony D ^a  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Construction industry; Information technology (IT)

Indexed keywords

AEC INDUSTRY; ARCHITECTURE , ENGINEERING , AND CONSTRUCTIONS; BENCHMARK DATA; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER UNDERSTANDING; CULTURAL ISSUE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA HANDLING; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MANAGEMENT; MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70450210423     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000108     Document Type: Article

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