Demystifying stakeholders' commitment and its impacts on construction projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 701-715

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Chong, Alice ^a   Ng, S Thomas ^b   Cheung, Michael C K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Commitment; Intention to quit; Performance; Satisfaction; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS;

CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 7444240396     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000300736     Document Type: Article

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