Inter- and intraorganizational trust in international construction joint ventures

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Girmscheid, Gerhard ^a   Brockmann, Christian ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; Construction; Construction management; Culture; International factors; International joint ventures; Joint ventures; Organizations; System theory; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FORMAL CONTROLS; HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES; JOINT VENTURES; LARGE-SCALE ENGINEERING; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; PROFIT OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; SOCIAL GROUPS; SPECIAL FORMS; SUCCESS FACTORS;

CYBERNETICS; PROFITABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 77149178422     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000142     Document Type: Article

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