Organizational culture and knowledge management success at project and organizational levels in contracting firms

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1348-1356

  Fong, Patrick S W ^a   Kwok, Cecilia W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction companies; Construction management; Contractors; Decision making; Knowledge based systems; Organizations

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; CONTRACTING FIRMS; CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS; CULTURAL MODELS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HONG-KONG; KM STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MAKING DECISION; MANAGEMENT LEVEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY; PARENT ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONALIZATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SUCCESS FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70450211717     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000106     Document Type: Article

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