Informal interaction in construction progress meetings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 983-993

  Gorse, Christopher A ^a   Emmitt, Stephen ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interaction; Interpersonal communication; Meetings; Project success

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; GROUP INTERACTION; INFORMAL COMMUNICATION; INFORMAL INTERACTIONS; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; INTERACTION CHARACTERISTICS; INTERACTION PATTERN; INTERACTION PROCESS; PROJECT ENVIRONMENT; PROJECT MEETINGS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT SUCCESS; RELATIONSHIP BUILDING; RESEARCH METHODS; TASK-BASED;

BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77449089486     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903179710     Document Type: Article

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