Meetings: Factors that affect group interaction and performance

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006 - Procs 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 915-923

  Gorse, Christopher ^a   McKinney, Iain ^b   Shepherd, Anthony ^c   Whitehead, Paul ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Norton Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Spen Valley Sports College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective meetings; Group interaction; Management; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; EFFECTIVE MEETINGS; GROUP INTERACTION; GROUP PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS; RESEARCH DATA; RESEARCH METHODS; VIDEO DATA;

MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77449142998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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